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Family Firms as Institutions: Cultural reproduction and status maintenance among multi-centenary shinise in Kyoto

Sasaki, I; Ravasi, D; Micelotta, ER; (2019) Family Firms as Institutions: Cultural reproduction and status maintenance among multi-centenary shinise in Kyoto. Organization Studies 10.1177/0170840618818596. Green open access

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Abstract

Our study investigated how multi-centenary family firms in the area of Kyoto – collectively known as shinise – maintain a high social status in the community. Our analysis unpacks the socio-cultural practices through which the ongoing interaction among these actors re-enacts and reproduces the social order that ascribes shinise a distinct social standing in exchange for their continued commitment to practices and structures that help the community preserve its cultural integrity and collective identity. By doing so, our findings trace a connection between status maintenance and the expressive function that a category of firms performs within a community. At the same time, our study reveals a dark side of high status, by showing how their commitments lock shinise in a position of ‘benign entrapment’ that may impose sacrifices on family members and severe limitations to their personal freedom.

Type: Article
Title: Family Firms as Institutions: Cultural reproduction and status maintenance among multi-centenary shinise in Kyoto
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/0170840618818596
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840618818596
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Craft, culture, institutional theory, status, Selznick
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > UCL School of Management
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069571
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