Purpose As women are still promoted to C-level roles at far lower rates than men, this paper examines whether there is a clear and direct relationship between women's formal the effect of socio-cultural context on their participation in strategic decisions family businesses. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts quantitative research design logistic regression analyze empirical data fro...

Family businesses are an important factor for technological progress and high economic efficiency, determining a significant part of economic strength. At present, inside the European Monetary Union (EMU), there are efforts to reduce public debt to fulfill the criteria imposed by the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), which are mandatory for members of the Euro zone. Due to these constraints, pub...

Abstract Members of business families experience ambivalent emotions that stem from paradoxical tensions inherent to family business, namely the overlapping three systems: family, firm, and ownership. In this essay, we shed light on how governance mechanisms can frame different roles a member play in ownership systems, making role conflict subsequent emotional ambivalence source creativity rath...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect firm’s characteristics (family vs. non- family firms) on disclosure behaviour regarding intellectual capital. sample composed 201 firms from Amman Stock Exchange in 2018. First, study differentiates three categories capital: structural capital, relational and human Second, it examines influence size, profitability, leverage, industry importance...