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Family firms as institutions : cultural reproduction and status maintenance among multi-centenary shinise in Kyoto
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Sasaki, Innan, Ravasi, Davide and Micelotta, Evelyn (2019) Family firms as institutions : cultural reproduction and status maintenance among multi-centenary shinise in Kyoto. Organization Studies, 40 (6). pp. 793-831. doi:10.1177/0170840618818596 ISSN 0170-8406.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840618818596
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.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Organization Studies | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0170-8406 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 June 2019 | ||||||
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Volume: | 40 | ||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 793-831 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0170840618818596 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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