Open AccessRelational antecedents of innovation in family firms: The complexity role of non-family employees' commitment
Author(s) -
Jorge Humberto MejíaMorelos,
Luis F. Cisneros-Martinez,
Christian Keen,
Valeriano SanchezFamoso
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of family business
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2444-8788
pISSN - 2444-877X
DOI - 10.24310/ejfbejfb.v10i2.10006
Subject(s) - social capital , organizational commitment , family business , business , relational capital , empirical evidence , industrial organization , social psychology , marketing , psychology , sociology , intellectual capital , social science , philosophy , epistemology , finance
A better understanding of the relational antecedents of innovation in family firms is central to explaining their long-term success and survival. Our study proposes an original model that shows that the internal social capital of non-family members does not always foster innovation directly as existing theory suggests, but through their organizational commitment. These results differ across the different dimensions of organizational commitment. Therefore, our study challenges existing thinking on commitment studies by offering theoretical grounding and empirical evidence that neglected dimensions of commitment have a crucial intermediate role in the relationship between internal social capital and innovation in family firms.