Abstract
This study explores how social learning occurs between and across generations. Drawing on Wenger’s (1998) ideas of shared histories of learning and Bourdieu’s (1996) arguments about the development and transmission of economic heritage, we inductively explore the social learning experiences of 24 respondents from family firms in Canada. We show practices of present generations are influenced by generations from the recent past and near future, but also generations from the distant past and far-off future. This extends understanding about continuity of family firms and the practices in which members engage, adding to conceptualisations about family firms as communities of practice.
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