Women in Family Business

Edited by Mary Barrett, Professor of Management, School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, University of Wollongong, Australia, Jolien Huybrechts, Associate Professor in Family Business and Entrepreneurship, Department of Organization, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, the Netherlands and Jean S.K. Lee, Michelin Chair Professor in Leadership and Human Resources Management, Professor of Management, Associate Dean (Research) and Co-Director, CEIBS Centre for Family Heritage, Shanghai, China

• Contents:Foreword by Justin Craig xiiiAcknowledgements xv1 Revisiting and previewing research on women in family business 1Jolien Huybrechts, Mary Barrett, and Jean S. K. LeePART I WOMEN IN FAMILY BUSINESS ROLES2 Gender equality in firm leadership worldwide: where arewe now and how do family and non-family firms differ? 21Jan-Philipp Ahrens, Freya Onneken, Maren Rottler,Robert Strohmeyer and Mariateresa Torchia3 Women in intrafamily business succession: a systematicliterature review and future research agenda 63Aleš Kubíček and Ondřej Machek4 Daughters’ succession in Chinese family businesses: anexamination of cultural and institutional influences 89Huiping Xian and Nan JiangPART II WOMEN AND FAMILY BUSINESSENTREPRENEURSHIP5 Continuity and change in family business genderstructures: an institutional perspective 111Ulla Hytti, Pekka Stenholm and Gry Agnete Alsos6 The development and functioning of spousal ownershipteams in family firms 143John James Cater III and Marilyn Young7 The role of the family in women’s microentrepreneurialventuring: evidence from Sri Lanka 174Nadeera Ranabahu and Mary Barrett8 How daughters in Saudi Arabian family firms areconquering gendered constraints: a case study 202Sara Alshareef and Haya Al-DajaniPART III WOMEN AND FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSION9 Family business succession planning: do outcomes dependon the predominant gender on the management board? 225Rosemarie Kay, André Pahnke and Friederike Welter10 Is it ‘natural’? Gendered norms at work in the successionprocess of a family business run by three families 250Giovanna Campopiano and Olimpia Meglio11 The effect of founder–successor value congruence onsuccession willingness: the moderating effect of gender 274Jean S. K. Lee and Guozhen Zhao

‘This insightful book sheds light on the evolving roles of women in family businesses across countries and cultures. The international perspectives from some of the leading researchers in the field highlight progress while illuminating opportunities to improve current knowledge and organizational practices. An important read for scholars and practitioners alike.’