The family CEO’s effect on succession planning: founder status, difficulties with letting go and gender differences Hasselt University University of Antwerp
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate several antecedents of succession planning in family firms: founder status, the family chief executive officer (CEO)’s inability to let go and the family CEO’s gender. Design/methodology/approach This study conducts moderated mediation analysis on a sample of 259 family firms. Findings The results show that family firms led by founders show lower succession planning levels than family firms led ...