Kapital sozialaren garrantzia familia enpresetan
ISSN: 2341-0108
Year of publication: 2015
Issue: 22
Pages: 75-92
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de dirección y administración de empresas = Enpresen zuzendaritza eta administraziorako aldizkaria
Abstract
Based on a social capital approach and using a sample of 172 Spanish non-listed family firms, including two respondents with managerial functions per firm and amounting to 344 questionnaires in total, we test the effects of family and non-family social capital on firm performance. We also contend that family social capital serves as a mediator between non-family social capital and firm performance. Results from a structural equation model indicate that both forms of social capital are key tools in family firm performance. In addition, our results e xtend the understanding of social capital beyond family firms in a context where orga nisations are characterised by the presence of a dominant social group.