Title: Intrafamily successor's motivation and its impact on success of business: a case of construction sector family businesses in India

Authors: Harish Kumar Singla; Pradeepta Kumar Samanta; Srividhya Sridharan

Addresses: NICMAR University, 25/1, Balewadi, N.I.A Post Office, Pune 411045, India ' NICMAR University, 25/1, Balewadi, N.I.A Post Office, Pune 411045, India ' NICMAR University, 25/1, Balewadi, N.I.A Post Office, Pune 411045, India

Abstract: One of the unique features of the Indian family business is its relation-based practices. Therefore, a successor may join the family business not just because of his/her own choice but may join it as a part of the family tradition or compulsion. Hence, it becomes important to find the impact of intrafamily successor's motivation on the success of their family business in India. In this study, authors developed a structural equation model-partial least square (SEM-PLS) based on the data gathered from the respondents. All the respondents belong to construction family business. The results of the SEM-PLS suggest that autonomous and external motivation, both led to opportunist behaviour of the successor and it also leads to the success of a business. The model is fit with an R² of 36%. The study proposes a model which indicates that autonomous and external motivation lead to opportunist behaviour and success of business in the Indian context for the construction sector.

Keywords: family business; intrafamily; second generation; successor; success; construction sector; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2024.139623

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2024 Vol.52 No.4, pp.505 - 527

Received: 23 Aug 2021
Received in revised form: 21 Apr 2022
Accepted: 28 Apr 2022
Published online: 05 Jul 2024 *

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