Purpose Brands are relevant to multiple stakeholders and, as such, can have multiple
meanings. Drawing on branding and stakeholder marketing theory, the purpose of this study …

Recruiting college educated non-family employees has been one of the challenges
identified by family business owners affecting the success and continuity of family firms. To …

This paper draws from organizational justice theory to consider the mechanisms through
which nonfamily members' perceptions of treatment (ie, interpersonal treatment equivalent to …

Purpose The search for competitiveness by family-owned companies has led us to research
topics that may help these companies succeed. The management of human capital is …

Family firms often struggle to recruit skilled non-family employees. Applying a mixed-method
strategy, this article investigates the changing perception of family firms as attractive …

Encouraging nonfamily applicants to join the family firm is a challenging yet necessary task
to ensure firm growth and survival. We draw from signaling theory to examine applicant …

Purpose This study aims to determine how the communication of a family business identity
in a recruitment call influences, directly and indirectly, the response of jobseekers, and …

Over the last decades, human resource management has received increasing attention in
family business scholarship. However, works on human resource management in the …

In recent years, family business owners have indicated that attracting and retaining qualified
non-family applicants is one of the greatest challenge that firms face. Although there is some …

Purpose Attracting and retaining a skilled labor force represents an important source for
competitive advantage for organizations. In the European context, one of the greatest …