Abstract
The authors investigated generativity – the concern in establishing and guiding the
next generation – as a mediator of the relationship between family business owners’
age and succession in family businesses. Data came from family business owners
in Germany from different industries between the ages of and years. Results
showed that age was positively related to generativity, and that generativity, in turn,
positively influenced an objective measure of family succession. Generativity fully
mediated the positive relationship between age and family succession. The findings
suggest that generativity is an important psycho-social construct for understanding
ageing, careers and succession in family business settings.
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