Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to portray the motivation, willingness and entrepreneurial mindset of second generation in family businesses in North Macedonia.

Design/methodology/approach

For purposes of this study, 25 interviews were conducted, where 14 interviews were conducted by phone, six face to face and five interviews in a written form. The process of data collection lasts 15 days. From the sample, 21 were Albanians and four were Macedonians, with this mix of ethnicities the authors had a chance to see different opinions for the same questions.

Findings

The authors found that most of second-generation members were happy and motivated for being part of their family business, except three participants those were imposed to their family business. Also, most of them possess entrepreneurial mindset, motivation, innovative ideas and risk-taker attributes.

Research limitations/implications

In this research were included only few cities of North Macedonia and the number of the sample is limited, due to the COVID-19 situation. Another limitation is that the study is done only with two nationalities.

Originality/value

There are a very few papers that treat family businesses in North Macedonia, and this is the only one that treats motivation, willingness and entrepreneurial mindset of second-generation members of family businesses in this country and the region.

中文翻译：

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北马其顿的家族企业：第二代动机和创业心态的证据

目的

本文的目的是描绘北马其顿家族企业第二代的动机、意愿和创业心态。

设计/方法/方法

出于本研究的目的，进行了 25 次采访，其中 14 次通过电话进行，6 次面对面和 5 次书面采访。数据收集过程持续 15 天。从样本中，21 人是阿尔巴尼亚人，4 人是马其顿人，在这种混合种族的情况下，作者有机会看到对相同问题的不同意见。

发现

作者发现，除了三名被强加给家族企业的参与者外，大多数第二代成员都对成为家族企业的一份子感到高兴和积极。此外，他们中的大多数人都具有创业心态、动力、创新理念和冒险精神。

研究限制/影响

由于 COVID-19 的情况，本研究仅包括北马其顿的少数几个城市，样本数量有限。另一个限制是该研究仅针对两个国籍进行。

原创性/价值

北马其顿很少有研究家族企业的论文，而这也是唯一一篇研究该国家和地区家族企业第二代成员的动机、意愿和创业心态的论文。