通过挖掘13位中国家族企业子女的生命故事,将身份理论引入家族企业传承研究,从心理层面揭示了子女接班意愿和行为的动态演化机理,开发了家族企业子女接班人身份构建过程模型,包括准备阶段、身份冲突阶段、身份接受阶段、身份提升阶段。研究结果表明,家族企业子女接班人身份构建过程在不同阶段间的演化受到特定诱发事件的推动或阻滞,某些阶段可能会存在反复现象;个体、家族、企业、社会等层面的静态因素在一定范围内影响身份构建过程。研究结论借助家族企业这一独特背景丰富了身份构建理论,对家族企业培养、干预子女接班意愿和行为具有操作性的指导意义。
Based on the life stories of 13 children from family businesses,a successor-identity-construction-process model is developed which is composed of four stages.Between each stage,there are certain trigger events driving or hindering the process.Factors influencing the process are also identified.The study introduces identity theory to family business succession research and provides a dynamic psychological framework to explain how children form their attitude and behavior toward taking-over family firm.It also enriches literature of identity construction by focusing on the unique situation of family business.As per practical implications,the study provides the methods to intervene children's willingness and behaviors regarding succession.