This chapter shifts focus to the emotion of collective-based pride. It examines the circumstances under which the display of pride for achievements by a collective is perceived positively or negatively by those outside the group. As in Chapter 2, the context here is family businesses. While research on family businesses praises the benefits of feeling proud of the family firm, pride displayed by next generation family members, who may have (yet) contributed little to the success, can create negative impressions. Building on emotions-as-social-information theory (E-A-S-I), this chapter examines the perceptions of expressed pride in two experiments. Results from Western (Study1; N1=342) and Asian contexts (Study2; N2=98) show that (1) displaying authentic opposed to hubristic pride is more beneficial to the family member’s image, and (2) reveal differences between genders and cultures. We discuss implications for current theorizing and illustrate how the display of the emotion of pride can be used strategically.

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Pride in Family Businesses

  • Fabian Bernhard

摘要

This chapter shifts focus to the emotion of collective-based pride. It examines the circumstances under which the display of pride for achievements by a collective is perceived positively or negatively by those outside the group. As in Chapter 2, the context here is family businesses. While research on family businesses praises the benefits of feeling proud of the family firm, pride displayed by next generation family members, who may have (yet) contributed little to the success, can create negative impressions. Building on emotions-as-social-information theory (E-A-S-I), this chapter examines the perceptions of expressed pride in two experiments. Results from Western (Study1; N1=342) and Asian contexts (Study2; N2=98) show that (1) displaying authentic opposed to hubristic pride is more beneficial to the family member’s image, and (2) reveal differences between genders and cultures. We discuss implications for current theorizing and illustrate how the display of the emotion of pride can be used strategically.