Dessì Cinzia

Dettori Angela

Ferrari Laura

Floris Michela

Rosnati Rosa.

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Dessì Cinzia

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International Conference on Adoption Research, ICAR7Visible Adoption and Ethnic Diversity in Family FirmsTuesday, 6th July - 19:30: (Bramante’s cloisters) - PosterCinzia Dessì (Università degli Studi di Cagliari), Angela Dettori (Università degli Studi di Cagliari), Laura Ferrari (CatholicUniversity), Michela Floris (Università degli Studi di Cagliari), Rosa Rosnati (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano)The “family business” refers to a specific family structure that simultaneously manages the internal familydynamic and the financial affairs, involving both parents and children. What happens when a family thatowns a business decides to adopt? Facing with ethnic difference, that gives visibility to the adoption, representsone of the crucial challenge in the relational context of family business. Building on the family embeddednessperspective, this study aims to explore how ethnic diversity related to visible adoption is experienced withina family business. Through a single case study, the in-depth analysis of the interviews the manager-familyowners allowed us to observe that: a. the importance of family acknowledge of ethnic diversity; b. diversity isinvoluntarily managed without the adoption of formal Diversity Management practices; c. ethnic diversity is astress reliever in the family and in the business relationships; d. ethnic diversity is an essential entrepreneurialaccelerator. Furthermore, the IOS graphic tool used in the interviews follow-up phase represents how closefamily members feel to their family and firm highlighting that the family-business relationship’s overlapping.Findings showa threefold implication. First, results contribute to visible adoption literature and ethnic diversitystudies by opening a new stream of research focused on family business management. Second, results extendthe family embeddedness perspective by introducing the visible adoption as an understudied element of familydynamic that, in turn, may be related to family business management. Third, findings suggest visible adoptionsas an entrepreneurial accelerator that can stimulate family firms’ entrepreneurship orientation.203

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