Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/327022 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Citation: 
[Journal:] BRQ Business Research Quarterly [ISSN:] 2340-9444 [Volume:] 26 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2023 [Pages:] 237-255
Publisher: 
Sage Publishing, London
Abstract: 
Despite growing research on the effect of high-performance work practices (HPWPs) on family firm performance, the implications of socioemotional wealth (SEW) preservation remain ambiguous. This stems from SEW preservation being used primarily as an explanatory construct and assessed indirectly rather than directly in empirical studies. To address this research gap, we draw upon organizational control and signaling theories to determine the "true" interaction between HPWPs and SEW preservation for labor productivity. Specifically, competing hypotheses are presented to determine if this interaction supports complementarity or substitutability. Using a sample of 124 Spanish family firms and a direct measurement of SEW preservation, our results provide support for substitutability, suggesting that family firms can realize higher labor productivity when HPWPs are fully implemented and commitment to SEW preservation is low, and vice versa. These findings have important implications for family firms, given HPWPs' inverse relationship with SEW preservation regarding labor productivity.
Subjects: 
High-performance work practices
socioemotional wealth preservation
strategic human resource management
familyfirms
labor productivity
JEL: 
J24
L20
L21
L26
M12_M12
M54_M54
O15
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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