Mindfulness and Next-Generation Members of Family Firms: A Source for Sustainability

Family businesses are considered complex organizations where emotional and management challenges need to be faced. This is even more difficult when time of succession arrives and the new members are expected to engage with the business. In this study, a total of 204 university students were asked ab...

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Autores: Arzubiaga Orueta, Unai, Plana Farran, Manel, Ros Morente, Agnès, Joana, Albert, Solé Cases, Silvia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/71266
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105380
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/71266
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Family Firms Successors
Mindfulness
Family firms
Intention to Join
Future Expectations
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title Mindfulness and Next-Generation Members of Family Firms: A Source for Sustainability
spellingShingle Mindfulness and Next-Generation Members of Family Firms: A Source for Sustainability
Arzubiaga Orueta, Unai
Family Firms Successors
Mindfulness
Family firms
Intention to Join
Future Expectations
title_short Mindfulness and Next-Generation Members of Family Firms: A Source for Sustainability
title_full Mindfulness and Next-Generation Members of Family Firms: A Source for Sustainability
title_fullStr Mindfulness and Next-Generation Members of Family Firms: A Source for Sustainability
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title_sort Mindfulness and Next-Generation Members of Family Firms: A Source for Sustainability
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arzubiaga Orueta, Unai
Plana Farran, Manel
Ros Morente, Agnès
Joana, Albert
Solé Cases, Silvia
author Arzubiaga Orueta, Unai
author_facet Arzubiaga Orueta, Unai
Plana Farran, Manel
Ros Morente, Agnès
Joana, Albert
Solé Cases, Silvia
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Ros Morente, Agnès
Joana, Albert
Solé Cases, Silvia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Family Firms Successors
Mindfulness
Family firms
Intention to Join
Future Expectations
topic Family Firms Successors
Mindfulness
Family firms
Intention to Join
Future Expectations
description Family businesses are considered complex organizations where emotional and management challenges need to be faced. This is even more difficult when time of succession arrives and the new members are expected to engage with the business. In this study, a total of 204 university students were asked about their present and future situation regarding the family business. Mindfulness levels were also evaluated using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale. There were no significant mindfulness level differences between students who pertained to a family business and those who did not. In the first group, however, those students who were sure about their future in the family business, and had more motivation about it, obtained higher scores on the mindfulness scale as well as being more satisfied with their social relationships. It could be concluded that certainty and motivation about their future in a family business of young family business members correlates with higher mindfulness levels and social well-being.
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