Naslov
STUDENTS’ INTENTIONS IN SUCCESSION OF FAMILY BUSINESSES IN CROATIA

Autori
Mandić, Ana ; Turuk, Mladen ; Turčić, Ivan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of FEB Zagreb 14th International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business / Sever Mališ, Sanja ; Načinović Braje, Ivana ; Galetić, Fran - Zagreb : Ekonomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2023, 312-322

Skup
14th FEB Zagreb International Odyssey Conference on Economics and Business

Mjesto i datum
Online ; Poreč, Hrvatska, 10.05.2023. - 13.05.2023

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
family business ; succession ; potential successor ; succession intention

Sažetak
Succession is one of the most important research topics in family business. The theoretical part of this paper is about identifying the most important factors that influence a potential successor's decision to join a family business. The factors are considered from four different perspectives: Trends in society, external factors at institutional/cultural level, factors at family level and factors at individual level. In the empirical section, the results of a survey of students with family business background in Croatia are presented, which provides information on the extent to which students with family business background in Croatia are interested in succeeding their family business. The data was collected as part of primary research on the career plans and intentions of students with a focus on family business succession through an online survey. The survey was conducted in February and March 2023, and the respondents were the students from different faculties in Croatia. The number of students whose responses were included in the analysis is 52, spread across all years of the study. The students who participated in the survey had one or both parents owning a family business. The results show that students ranked high income and achieving their dream as the most important career goals, while they also considered a high position and being able to be their own boss important. Continuing the family tradition was rated with a neutral average score. Most students see themselves as employees in a public/private company after graduation, while about one third of them plan to start their own business either alone or with business partner(s), while about one fifth of them plan to be employed in the family business. The percentage of those who plan to succeed the family business was almost the same for both business and non-business students (21%). The most frequently cited reason for not intending to take over the family business was a lack of interest in the business activity and the industry in which the family business operates.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

POVEZANOST RADA