Purpose

This study aims to focus on relational social capital in family wineries. Relational social capital is influenced by the family nature of the business and is at the same time a key antecedent of winery performance. The aim is to analyse these relationships in the qualified denomination of origin (DOC) Rioja wine industry (Spain).

Design/methodology/approach

Using a final sample of 110 family wineries, a Baron and Kenny approach was performed to investigate the causal and mediating relationships between the generation in control, relational social capital and family winery performance.

Findings

Using a final sample of 110 family wineries, the study demonstrates that later generations show a higher level of relational social capital, that the positive relationship between relational social capital and performance is maintained in a family firm sample and that the generation in control sequentially influence on performance through its influence on relational social capital.

Research limitations/implications

The main limitations are that empirical data were obtained only from DOC Rioja wine family businesses and a cross-sectional study was conducted.

Social implications

This study provides policymakers and family managers responsible for succession with a better understanding of the effects of transferring the business to the next generations in terms of relational social capital and performance.

Originality/value

To the best of the knowledge, this is the first study to examine the sequential relationships between generation, relational social capital and performance in DOC Rioja family wineries. The context of the DOC Rioja wine industry is particularly noteworthy for two reasons. First, in this industry, family-controlled firms predominate. Second, the DOC Rioja wine industry is focussed on the small-to-medium context, which has conventionally provided a very good area for the development of social capital theory.

中文翻译：

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西班牙家庭酿酒厂世代，关系资本和绩效之间顺序关系的经验方法

目的

这项研究旨在关注家庭酿酒厂的关系型社会资本。关系型社会资本受企业家族性质的影响，同时也是酿酒厂业绩的关键前提。目的是分析Rioja葡萄酒行业（西班牙）的合格原产地（DOC）中的这些关系。

设计/方法/方法

使用110个家庭酿酒厂的最终样本，进行了Baron和Kenny方法研究控制代，关系社会资本和家庭酿酒厂绩效之间的因果关系和中介关系。

发现

使用110个家庭酿酒厂的最终样本，该研究表明，后代显示出更高水平的关系型社会资本，关系型社会资本与绩效之间的正向关系在家族企业样本中得以维持，而控制一代则依次影响到通过对关系社会资本的影响来实现绩效。

研究局限/意义

主要局限性是，经验数据仅从DOC Rioja葡萄酒家族企业获得，并且进行了横断面研究。

社会影响

这项研究使负责继承的政策制定者和家族管理者从关系型社会资本和绩效的角度更好地了解了将业务转移给下一代的影响。

创意/价值

据了解，这是第一个研究DOC Rioja家庭酿酒厂的世代，关系型社会资本和绩效之间的顺序关系的研究。DOC Rioja葡萄酒行业的背景特别值得注意，原因有两个。首先，在这个行业中，家族企业占主导地位。其次，DOC Rioja葡萄酒行业专注于中小型环境，这通常为社会资本理论的发展提供了很好的领域。