Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/32881
Title: Sustainable entrepreneurial behaviours of family members at the intersection of family firm, cooperative and rural community: a multilevel perspective
Authors: Hadjielias, Elias 
Discua Cruz, Allan Fernando 
Major Field of Science: Natural Sciences
Field Category: Economics and Business
Keywords: ruralcommunities;Family business;familyentrepreneurship;sustainability;sustainableentrepreneurship;sustainable entrepreneur;cooperatives
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2024
Source: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2024
Journal: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 
Abstract: Little is still known about the approach and rationale of family members’ entrepreneurial behaviours for sustainability that occur at different interconnected levels. Our study helps to fill this void by examining a multilevel web that links a family firm, a cooperative and a rural community. We rely on an inductive semi-grounded approach guided by conceptual ideas from the sustainable entrepreneurship literature. We conducted 54 in-depth interviews within a Cypriot cooperative composed of small rural family businesses. Our findings reveal that sustainable entrepreneurship revolves around family members acting as sustainable entrepreneurs. Family sustainable entrepreneurs draw on collaborative entrepreneurship for sustainability and spillover sustainable entrepreneurship, which are key mechanisms for generating sustainable value at the family firm, cooperative and community levels. Family members’ affective attachment and sense of responsibility serve as motives behind these mechanisms. Our findings offer a model depicting family members’ motives and mechanisms of sustainable entrepreneurship across family firm, cooperative and rural community. This study extends our understanding on family entrepreneurship and sustainable entrepreneurship, offering practical contributions and opportunities for future research.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/32881
ISSN: 08985626
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2024.2376068
Rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Type: Article
Affiliation : Cyprus University of Technology 
Lancaster University Management School 
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed
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