TY - JOUR
T1 - Stewardship Climate Scale
T2 - An Assessment of Reliability and Validity
AU - Neubaum, Donald O.
AU - Thomas, Christopher H.
AU - Dibrell, Clay
AU - Craig, Justin B.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - While stewardship theory is often used to explain family business outcomes, no prior empirical study has used a validated measure of stewardship. We, therefore, surveyed 846 managers and subordinates from 221 family and nonfamily firms in the United States and Australia to develop a reliable and valid Stewardship Climate Scale. We found family firms have a stronger stewardship climate and the relationship between stewardship climate and performance is mediated by innovativeness, and the effects of stewardship are stronger in family firms, confirming the value of stewardship theory, and our scale, when explaining family business outcomes.
AB - While stewardship theory is often used to explain family business outcomes, no prior empirical study has used a validated measure of stewardship. We, therefore, surveyed 846 managers and subordinates from 221 family and nonfamily firms in the United States and Australia to develop a reliable and valid Stewardship Climate Scale. We found family firms have a stronger stewardship climate and the relationship between stewardship climate and performance is mediated by innovativeness, and the effects of stewardship are stronger in family firms, confirming the value of stewardship theory, and our scale, when explaining family business outcomes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85012920740&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0894486516673701
DO - 10.1177/0894486516673701
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85012920740
VL - 30
SP - 37
EP - 60
JO - Family Business Review
JF - Family Business Review
SN - 0894-4865
IS - 1
ER -