دانلود رایگان مقاله توسعه مقیاس اهمیت ثروت اجتماعی- احساسی (SEWi) برای تحقیق شرکت خانوادگی

Abstract

The importance attached to socioemotional wealth is thought to distinguish family firms from non-family firms. Yet, measurement of socioemotional wealth is difficult owing to an absence of psychometrically sound measures. In this paper, we describe the development of the socioemotional wealth importance scale (SEWi)—an instrument allowing direct measurement of the importance of socioemotional wealth to family owners and managers of family firms. We explain the processes used to generate items, pre-test the developed scale and validate it. The final construct is composed of three distinct dimensions: Family Prominence; Family Continuity; and Family Enrichment. Contributions and future research directions are discussed.

4.1. Limitations and future research

Prior to this study, the phenomenon of SEW had only been considered through theoretical conjectures and distal proxies in empirical research. We developed and refined the SEWi scale according to accepted guidelines (Churchill Jr., 1979). By doing so, we have taken a variety of steps to ensure the validity of this study. However, our approach and results are not without limitations and therefore we encourage researchers to further evaluate and refine the SEWi scale developed herein. For example, since our scale development efforts were initiated prior to the development of Berrone et al.’s (2012) FIBER model, it would be particularly interesting to compare the SEWi scale with one derived from the items suggested by those authors. Furthermore, efforts to test the predictive power of the SEWi scale vis-à-vis measures of the FIBER dimensions would be especially valuable. In our pre-test, we utilized data from two countries in order to minimize the possibility that the scale was culturally biased. However, in our second study, we only utilized data from the United States. Accordingly, future research is necessary to validate the SEWi scale in a variety of cultural settings, with an emphasis on culturally distant countries. This would allow to evaluate the scale’s applicability in contexts that may lead to differences in the importance of SEW as a whole or in its particular components. It is conceivable, for instance, that in cultures where parents expect their children to prove their independence and self-reliance when they enter adulthood, such as Scandinavian cultures (Hofstede, 2001), benefits related to dynastical continuity in the business may be of much lower importance.