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Family Firm Narcissism: Conceptualisation, Measurement, And Relationship To Innovation

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  • DAVID BENDIG

    (Institute for Entrepreneurship, University of Münster, Germany)

  • LUCAS KLEINE-STEGEMANN

    (Institute for Entrepreneurship, University of Münster, Germany)

  • FLORIAN BARTELS

    (Institute for Entrepreneurship, University of Münster, Germany)

  • PHILIPP SCHÄPERS

    (��Department of Psychology, University of Münster, Germany)

Abstract

Family firm behaviour can be a potential root of innovation in family firms. Building on the theoretical perspectives of socioemotional wealth and narcissistic organisational identification, we introduce a novel concept and new measure for family firm narcissism (FFN). We suggest that FFN influences family firms’ innovation orientation (i.e., strategic innovativeness) and realised innovation outcome (i.e., digital inventiveness). Additionally, we assume that industry IT intensity, as an indicator of environmental pressure regarding digital transformation, moderates these relationships. To test the hypotheses, we investigated a longitudinal cross-industry sample, comprising 1,302 firm-year observations of S&P 500 family firms and analysed it with regression models. The results indicate that FFN is positively related to strategic innovativeness and negatively related to digital inventiveness. We further find that industry IT spending intensity amplifies both linkages. Our study contributes to the discussion on the family innovation agenda by (1) introducing the new concept and measure for FFN and (2) underlining its controversial impact and effectiveness on two central manifestations of innovation under the boundary conditions of digital transformation.

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  • David Bendig & Lucas Kleine-Stegemann & Florian Bartels & Philipp Schã„Pers, 2024. "Family Firm Narcissism: Conceptualisation, Measurement, And Relationship To Innovation," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 28(03n04), pages 1-40, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:28:y:2024:i:03n04:n:s1363919624500117
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919624500117
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