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The CEO autonomy–stewardship behavior relationship in family firms: The mediating role of psychological ownership

Frank LambrechtsBart HenssenWim VoordeckersMatti Koiranen

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Economics and EconometricsFamily businessStrategy and Managementmedia_common.quotation_subjectComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTINGStewardshipPsychologySocial psychologyta512Autonomymedia_common

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Abstract This study investigates the relationship between a family business CEO's autonomy and stewardship behavior. Building on psychological ownership theory, we argue that psychological ownership mediates the autonomy–stewardship relationship. In contrast to prior studies, we differentiate between individual-oriented and collective-oriented psychological ownership as two distinct dimensions of individual psychological ownership. Our results reveal that CEO autonomy is an important determinant of stewardship behavior and that this relationship is only mediated by individual-oriented psychological ownership. Moreover, both individual-oriented and collective-oriented psychological ownership are found to be antecedents of CEO stewardship behavior.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-09-01Journal of Family Business Strategy
10.1016/j.jfbs.2014.01.012https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2014.01.012