Assessments on the competency model of senior managers of family firms in China |
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Authors: | Lifeng Zhong Kan Shi |
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Institution: | (1) School of Business, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, China;(2) Management School of Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China |
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Abstract: | Based on the critical behavioral event interviews with 18 senior managers of family firms, the current study developed a competency
model for senior managers of family firms in China. The primary findings are as follows. First, using the Critical Behavioral
Event Interview (BEI) to develop the competency model of senior managers, the occurrence frequency and mean level scores of
competencies are comparatively stable measures and the competencies’ maximal level scores are influenced by interview length.
The study also found that both mean level scores and maximal level scores can differentiate superior senior managers from
average senior managers of family firms. Second, the competency model of senior managers of family firms in China includes
11 competencies, namely authority orientation, initiative, opportunity-seizing, information seeking, organizational awareness,
direction, benevolence orientation, self-control, self-confidence, self-learning, and impact and influence. Among them, nine
competencies are consistent with those of the generic competency model of senior managers of Western enterprises and five
with those of the generic competency model of senior managers of state-owned firms in China. Our results revealed that the
authority orientation and benevolence orientation are the two competencies unique to the senior managers of family firms in
China.
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Translated from Xinli Xuebao 心理学报 (Acta Psychologica Sinica), 2004, 36(1): 110–115 |
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Keywords: | competency model behavioral event interview family firms senior managers |
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