Longevity of family- owned businesses in Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Munene, Bob Bonabo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sibindi, Ntandoyenkosi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-29T11:13:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-29T11:13:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Given the early demise of most family-owned firms, this study sought to investigate the factors that could explain their longevity in the Ugandan context where such evidence is glaringly lacking. By utilizing theories such as the leadership succession model, the Stewardship Theory, the Organizational Learning Theory, and the Resource-Based view theory a multi-theoretical model with factors that included succession planning, family involvement, organizational learning, and innovation capabilities was derived to explain family business longevity in the Ugandan context. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey research design that was quantitative where data from a sample of 241 family-owned firms was collected and analyzed. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire and the Structural Equation Model (SEM) was used to test factors that drive longevity in family-owned businesses. The results indicate that succession planning, organizational learning, and innovation capabilities positively influence family business longevity while family involvement has no significant influence on family business longevity in Uganda. The results further indicate that whereas innovation capabilities partially mediate the relationship between organizational learning and family business longevity, they fully mediate the relationship between family involvement and family business longevity. Thus, the study lends support to the Leadership Succession Model, Organization Learning Theory, and Resource-Based View theory in explaining family business longevity. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | N/A | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/20978 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | N/A | |
| dc.subject | Small and Medium Enterprises | |
| dc.subject | Organisation of Economic Corporation and Development | |
| dc.subject | Growth Domestic Product | |
| dc.subject | East African Community | |
| dc.title | Longevity of family- owned businesses in Uganda | |
| dc.type | Thesis |