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.
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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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