Organizational Psychological Capital in Family-owned Franchise Firms and Corporate Social Responsibility
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Esra Memili, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship (Creator)
- Dianne H.B. Welsh, Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Research has linked Psychological Capital (PsyCap) to employees’ positive attitudes, behaviors, and performance in organizations and is characterized by hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism. Despite the demonstrated effects of PsyCap on employee outcomes, PsyCap has not been researched in family firms (except for Memili, Welsh, & Luthans, forthcoming). Previous research has highlighted the potential effects of family influence on family firms’ human resources policies and procedures, as well as the subsequent effects on employees’ value-creating attitudes and behaviors. Here, we extend this line of research by drawing primarily upon theory of PsyCap and the extant family business and franchising literature to explore whether family-owned franchise firms exhibit more organizational PsyCap than non-family franchise firms and the impact of family involvement and organizational PsyCap on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in family-owned franchise firms.
Organizational Psychological Capital in Family-owned Franchise Firms and Corporate Social Responsibility
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Ethics and Entrepreneurship, 4(1), 5-20
- Language: English
- Date: 2014
- Keywords
- Franchise Family Firms, Psychological Capital, Corporate Social, Responsibility