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Abstract: Evidence suggests that long-term orientation (lto) as a dominant strategic logic contributes to the sustainable performance of family-controlled firms (fcfs). Combining a review of the literature on lto with stewardship theory and upper echelons theory reasoning, this article presents a typology of managerial responsibility and introduces the concept of long-term responsibility as a managerial characteristic constituting a major driving force behind creating lto. The antecedents of long-term responsibility under family firm-specific conditions (stemming from the family system, the governance system, and family-firm managers personal characteristics) are also identified and presented in an integrated model. The paper contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of intertemporal choice in fcfs and explains why they tend to be more long-term oriented than other types of firms.
Keywords: managerji, odgovornost, oskrbništvo, družinska podjetja
Published in RUP: 15.10.2013; Views: 3003; Downloads: 83
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