20218: Paradoxical Effects Of Second-Generation Gender Bias In Family Business Succession (session 26122)

Sunday, July 27, 2025

10:15 - 11:45 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall B- B2-m4

Session Type: Paper Session
Orientation: Research
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/MK9wXk

Author(s)

FO

Felix Akinwumi Orole

The University of Queensland, Australia
BM

Bernard Joseph McKenna

The University of Queensland, Australia
MO

Modupe Ogunleye

Australian Catholic University
BF

Betty Frino

Australian Catholic University, Australia
EM

Emmanuel Mogaji

Keele University
FB

Foluke Abigail Badejo

The University of Queensland, Australia

This interview-based study of sub-Saharan African family firms reveals that daughters develop career interests other than family business participation because of second-generation gender bias that excludes them from family business succession, thereby decreasing their normative commitment and even continuance in the firm. Largely induced by culturally-based negative paternal attitudes towards daughters and perception of lower cooperation and compliance, female exclusion contributes to a low multigenerational family business survival rate. However, this situation also seeds of a self-determined and psychologically resilient generation of daughters able to attain career success outside the family firm. The findings have important implications for gender framing theory and family business education.

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