Shruti R. Sardeshmukh

The Duality of Internal and External Development of Successors: Opportunity Recognition in Family Firms

The study contributes to the family business literature by examining the intersection of succession and opportunities and extends an existing line of research on entrepreneurial behavior in family firms by examining opportunity perception by 119 family business successors. The authors investigate the successors’ self-efficacy, education, and work experience, together with their perception of entrepreneurial opportunities. The results suggest that successors who perceive new opportunities balance and combine their family firm—specific human capital built through experience within the family firm with general human capital built through education and other work experience to generate new ideas leading to the entrepreneurial opportunity perception.

Impact of Telework on Exhaustion and Job Engagement: A Job Demands and Job Resources Model

Teleworking, the increasingly common practice, which involves working away from the office using technology, entails changes in the experience of work. Such changes may influence the demands and resources associated with a job. While research on burnout has addressed the role of exhaustion and job engagement using the Job Demands‐Resources model, existing literature has focused on traditional work modes. This paper explores the effects on job demands and resources to understand the processes through which telework impacts the exhaustion and engagement of the teleworker. We find that the positive effect of telework revolves around reduced work pressure and role conflict and increased autonomy. The negative effect of telework is expressed through increased role ambiguity and reduced support and feedback. Overall, we find that telework is negatively related to both exhaustion and job engagement and that job demands and resources mediate these relationships.

Educating for an Entrepreneurial Career: Developing Opportunity- Recognition Ability

Entrepreneurship as a career option has become increasingly desirable, and there is a real need to develop an opportunity-oriented entrepreneurial mindset among tertiary students. Current entrepreneurship education heavily relies on the linear process of business planning and rarely encourages the complex and non-linear thinking patterns necessary for entrepreneurial careers. Based on a theory-driven understanding of the nature of opportunity recognition, we propose a two-pronged approach combining classroom exercises with experiential exercises to enhance opportunity-recognition ability. Our model is not limited to new business creation, and it lends itself easily to self-managed, opportunity-driven, entrepreneurial approaches to careers. Links between entrepreneurship and self-managed careers are discussed.

Integrating Moderation and Mediation: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

It is increasingly common to test hypotheses combining moderation and mediation. Structural equation modeling (SEM) has been the favored approach to testing mediation hypotheses. However, the biggest challenge to testing moderation hypotheses in SEM was the complexity underlying the modeling of latent variable interactions. We discuss the latent moderated structural equation procedure (LMS) approach to specifying latent variable interactions, which is implemented in Mplus, and offer a simple and accessible way of testing combined moderation and mediation hypotheses using SEM. To do so, we provide sample code for six commonly encountered moderation and mediation cases and relevant equations that can be easily adapted to researchers’ data. By articulating the similarities in the two different approaches, discussing the combination of moderation and mediation, we also contribute to the research methods literature.

Understanding Gender, Creativity, and Entrepreneurial Intentions.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the complex relationships between gender and entrepreneurial intentions. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a two study design where the second study is a constructive replication of the first study. The first study uses a cross-sectional design, while the second uses a design where data collection of variables were temporally separated. The analysis is conducted using Hayes (2014) process macro using 1,000 bootstrapped draws to understand the interaction between gender and creativity and the potential mediation involving life roles and goals. Findings – The empirical results are threefold. First, the results show that creativity has a direct and positive effect on entrepreneurial intentions. Second, gender did not have a direct effect on entrepreneurial intentions, and finally, gender showed an interaction with creativity such that in both the samples, creativity had a stronger relationship with intentions among women. Practical implications – ...

Self-leadership: a cognitive resource for entrepreneurs

Abstract Entrepreneurship lies at the intersection of the individual and opportunity. Entrepreneurs must negotiate among their personal resources and life demands as they develop their ventures. However, there is little research on how entrepreneurial work context affects the individual and how entrepreneurs use their personal, social and family resources to cope with entrepreneurial demands. This paper proposes a moderated mediation model in which self-leadership is presented as a cognitive resource that moderates the effects of entrepreneurial demands and resources in order to reduce entrepreneurial exhaustion and increase engagement thus leading to fewer exit intentions and more growth intentions. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

Fathers and daughters in family business

Abstract Family businesses are the dominant organizational form globally, and there is a growing trend for daughters to take over the successor role. Based on seven in-depth interviews with daughter successors, this study identifies three themes that contribute to a high quality predecessor–successor relationship in father–daughter successions. We find that early socialisation within the family business, better communication between father–daughter and a deeper understanding of the father’s shadow, helped daughters negotiate the succession process. We also found that our respondents used business as a way of bonding with the father. These findings indicate a new nuance of the family and business overlap in the family business, contributing to the growing body of family business research.

ICT and work–family balance: context of Indian software services

While advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have diminished the constraint of location, created new outsourced models and show a promise of employee flexibility, it is not very clear how implementation of ICT affects the work–family balance for employees working in these new industries. In this conceptual paper, we explore the effect of ICT on employees in the context of the software services industry in India. We unpack the role of characteristics of service interaction in determining whether the use of ICT leads to improved or deterioration in work–family balance by investigating factors such as frequency and duration of interaction, and the temporal and cultural distance between the service provider employees and client. We argue that while the ICT media, geographical and temporal distance may enhance the need for longer customer interaction and work time, employee autonomy can potentially help harness the flexibility of the ICT advances to mitigate the detrimental impact on employee work–family balance and well-being.

Integrating moderation and mediation: a structural equation modeling approach

We extend the Edwards and Lambert (2007) approach to integrating moderation and mediation to Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) by constructing a one-stop procedure. SEM has been the favored approach to testing mediation hypotheses. However, the biggest challenge to testing moderation hypotheses in SEM was the complexity modeling latent variable interactions. We discuss the new LMS approach to latent variable interactions implemented in Mplus, and offer a simple and accessible way of testing combined moderation and mediation hypotheses using SEM.

Charted Courses and Meandering Trails: Pathways to Success in Academia

Success in academia is relatively clearly defined. Yet pathways to achieve success in academia remain nebulous. We use case studies of five highly successful academics to highlight six dimensions t...