Lubna Abul-Ela Mohamed Salem,  <br/><br/>
The effect of socioemotional wealth on the relationship between  entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance in  Egypt  /  
 أثر الثروة الاجتماعية العاطفية على العلاقة بين التوجه الريادي وأداء الشركات العائلية في مصر /  
By Lubna Abul-Ela Mohamed Salem;  Supervised by Prof. Abd-Elazez Abd-Eltawab Hashem  
 - 147 pages :   illustrations ;  30 cm. +   CD. 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D)-Cairo University, 2023. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: pages 124-141.  
<br/><br/> The purpose of this study is to examine the direct effect of entrepreneurial orientation <br/>dimensions (risk-taking, innovativeness, proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness, and <br/>autonomy) on Egyptian family firms, as well as the moderating effect of socioemotional wealth <br/>on these relationships. The targeted population of interest is family firms in Egypt; all the 71 <br/>family firms registered on the Egyptian exchange. A structural equation model and Statistical <br/>Package for the Social Sciences that prepares and analyzes the data collected. This study aims to <br/>fill the gap in the literature in three ways. First, consider entrepreneurial orientation using the <br/>multidimensional approach, which has rarely been used in the empirical family firm literature, to <br/>investigate how risk-taking, innovativeness, proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness, and <br/>autonomy affect family firm performance. Second, this study aims to bridge a significant gap in <br/>the existing literature by examining the implications of a noteworthy finding: family businesses <br/>demonstrate a willingness to prioritize the preservation of their socioemotional wealth over the <br/>economic well-being of the firm. Additionally, this research explores how socioemotional wealth <br/>influences the relationship between overall entrepreneurial orientation and the performance of <br/>family firms. Accordingly, the study investigates the role of socioemotional wealth preservation <br/>as a possible moderator on the relationships between the five entrepreneurial orientation <br/>dimensions and family firm performance in Egypt. Third, the study extends existing work on the <br/>entrepreneurial orientation of family businesses, especially in the Egyptian context. <br/>The findings of this study showed that only some of the entrepreneurial orientation <br/>dimensions are equally crucial for performance, as in the first place is the competitive <br/>aggressiveness dimension, then autonomy, risk-taking, proactiveness, and finally, innovativeness <br/>dimension, which is less impact on performance. The entrepreneurial orientation influences the <br/>family firm's performance and socioemotional wealth significantly moderates the relationship <br/>between entrepreneurial orientation and family firms' performance.   تهدف الدراسة الحالية إلى دراسة التأثير المباشر للتوجه الريادي بأبعاده الخمسة (المخاطرة، والابتكار، والاستباقية، والعدوانية التنافسية، والاستقلالية) على أداء الشركات العائلية المصرية، فضلاً عن التأثير المعدل للثروة الاجتماعية العاطفية على هذه العلاقة، وتمثل مجتمع الدراسة في الشركات العائلية في مصر البالغ عددها 71 شركة والمسجلة في البورصة المصرية. وقد استخدمت الباحثة برنامج (الحزمة الإحصائية للعلوم الاجتماعية) بغرض إعداد وتحليل البيانات التي تم جمعها، وتم تطبيق نموذج المعادلة الهيكلية. وقد أظهرت نتائج هذه الدراسة أن بعض أبعاد التوجه الريادي ليس لها نفس الأهمية في الأداء، ففي المرتبة الأولى جاء البعد العدواني التنافسي، ثم الاستقلالية، والمخاطرة، والاستباقية، وأخيراً البعد الابتكاري وهو الأقل تأثيراً على أداء الشركات العائلية في مصر، كما أن الثروة الاجتماعية العاطفية تلعب دوراً هاماً كمتغير معدل في العلاقة العلاقة بين التوجه الريادي وأداء الشركات العائلية في مصر. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Text in English and abstract in Arabic & English. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business Administration
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Socioemotional Wealth  Entrepreneurial Orientation  Family Business  Performance 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658