The Family Business as a Socialisation Context for the Children of Entrepreneurs

Simon Caspary examines how the socialisation of offspring from entrepreneurial families is influenced by the existence of a family business. To answer the initial question, a pluralistic approach is chosen that maps the mechanisms and influencing variables on the socialisation and identity formation of the offspring. In addition to a dedicated overview of the relevant literature, the comprehensive theoretical review makes a significant contribution to advancing knowledge of the socialisation context of family businesses in academic discourse.

The family business: Special features, stages of development, familiness and enterpriseness, succession, socialisation context FU.- Theory section: systems theory, symbolic interactionism, role theory, excursus: merging the theories.- The family business from a systems theory perspective: changing structural coupling, socialisation of offspring from family businesses.

Dr. Simon Caspary did his doctorate under Prof. Dr. Manfred Lueger at the Institute for Sociology and Empirical Social Research at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.