Successors’ Future Training in Family Farms: The Impact of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors

Abstract This study examines the effects of different intrinsic and extrinsic-to-potential successors’ factors on willingness potential successors family farms to continue training in future. Building socioemotional wealth (SEW) theory a knowledge-based view, we consider (yet students agricultural schools) perspectives, conceptually empirically examine whether they believe factors, namely, their own personal interest create new business, as well extrinsic confidence farm viability fact that have been instituted successors, influence Our unique data 156 enrolled schools Catalonia (Spain) reveal while increase tendency toward continuous training, ones, contrary our expectations, do not. These findings address an important practical issue terms perceptions, offering contributions agriculture, business general, firm succession literature particular.