Validating the FIBER scale to measure family firm heterogeneity – A replication study with extensions

The number of studies referencing socioemotional wealth (SEW) stands in stark contrast to the papers actually employing direct and multidimensional measures SEW. Despite FIBER scale reaching its tenth anniversary, despite a preliminary validation by Hauck et al. (2016), measurement SEW has nevertheless been met with remarkable conservatism. This is counterintuitive, given frequent demand for validated, direct, practical length. In this paper we replicate extend first scale, undertaken (2016). Our results offer an improved (short) that validated psychometric rigor (N = 1019) demonstrates generalizability. • can be reliably measured four factors. revalidated instrument supports as sound construct. We short scale.