FACTORS AFFECTING UPWARD LEADERSHIP IN FAMILY BUSINESS

Abstract

FACTORS AFFECTING UPWARD LEADERSHIP IN FAMILY BUSINESS Family business is considered unique among the common ordinary businesses.There is a pattern of behaviour called family dynamics when the company will beinherited across generations. It is called as succession process. Leading-up is importantduring this process, because the successor needs to lead the employee and thepredecessor/ current owner (which means the successor’s father). This researchemphasizes that leading is not always about the power or position, but about theinfluence. The purpose of this research is to find out the factors that significantly affectthe upward leadership in family business. The factors included in this research are trust,communication, character, intention, capability, experience, and education. The samplewas taken from Universitas Ciputra Family Business Community consistingoffamilybusiness successors who graduatedwithbachelor degree. Using the SPSS 23 program,theresult indicates that capability and communication have the significant impacttowards upward leadership, followed by the intention factor which slightly haveasignificant impact on the dependent variable.