Survey data on organizational culture and entrepreneurial orientation in German family firms

This dataset represents assessments of entrepreneurial orientation and organizational culture variables obtained from a web-based survey addressing owners and/or CEOs of German family firms. Survey data was collected via an anonymous self-administered web-based questionnaire addressing the owners and/or CEOs of German family firms. Data collection took place between December 2017 and February 2018. Researchers used a key informant approach at the top management level of analysis. An invitation and a link to a web-based survey were sent by email to the owners and/or CEOs of the firms identified. After several reminders, the study yielded 404 responses for an initial response rate of 11.4%. The final data includes 208 complete cases. Data covers five dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (innovativeness, proactiveness, risk taking, autonomy, competitive aggressiveness), three dimensions of long-term orientation (futurity, perseverance, continuity), six dimensions of stewardship climate (organizational identification, collectivist orientation, power distance, involvement orientation, use of personal power, intrinsic motivation), three dimensions of learning orientation (commitment to learning, shared vision, open-mindedness), willingness to change, error management culture, and family commitment culture. Additionally, firm-level attributes (e.g., industry, age, size) and top management-level characteristics (e.g., generational involvement, involvement of the founder) are included.

本数据集收录了针对德国家族企业所有者及/或首席执行官（CEO）开展的网络调查所获取的创业导向（entrepreneurial orientation）与组织文化变量评估结果。本次调研采用匿名自填式网络问卷，面向德国家族企业所有者及/或CEO收集数据，数据采集周期为2017年12月至2018年2月。研究采用顶层管理层面的关键知情人调研方法，向已确认的企业所有者及/或CEO通过电子邮件发送调研邀请与网络问卷链接；经多次后续催访后，共回收404份有效问卷，初始应答率为11.4%，最终数据集包含208份完整有效样本。数据集涵盖五大创业导向维度（创新性、前瞻性、风险承担性、自治性、竞争攻击性）、三大长期导向（long-term orientation）维度（未来导向、坚持性、持续性）、六大管家型氛围（stewardship climate）维度（组织认同、集体主义导向、权力距离、参与导向、个人权力使用、内在动机）、三大学习导向（learning orientation）维度（学习承诺、共同愿景、开放性思维），以及变革意愿、错误管理文化与家族承诺文化等变量。此外，数据集还纳入了企业层面属性（如行业、成立年限、企业规模）与顶层管理团队特征（如代际参与情况、创始人参与程度）。