Abstract:

Nowadays, when we look at the industries in which existing operate, it seems that the vast majority of are founded as family and continue to live as family. According to this, it is possible to say that family throughout the world and Turkey have an important position in the economic functioning of the countries in which they operate and that in this regard it is the fundamental basis of domestic harvest and international competition. Therefore, the rapidly changing conditions in the global markets and in an intense competitive environment, the possibility of family to maintain their assets for many years is the top of current issues considered by both academic and market players. In this context, the phase of the transfer of to the second generation is a significant and challenging process in the point where family can continue their living assets. It is of great importance to identify the problems arising from the second and second generations that the business will be transferred and to develop strategies accordingly. In this study, the problems faced in the phase of the transfer of management to the second generation in family enterprises were tried to be identified and various suggestions for the solutions of problems were tried to be developed. According to this study, the family enterprises that have passed or will pass to the second generation, which are registered in the Industrial and Commercial Rooms operating in the provinces of Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş and Namıyaman, or where the two generations are joined, have been examined. The research data is owned by first-generation and is formed by managers. For the analysis of the problems arising from the second generation, a total of 1142 family enterprises registered in the Chamber of Industry and Commerce were discussed with 315 individuals, and 251 of them were evaluated. The study found that in the family business that was dealt with in the second generation, problems arising from disobedience, the development of the sense of belonging (non-ownership) and the uncontrolled use of resources (suffering) were observed. According to the results of the analysis, a statistical significance has been found between Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş and Namıyaman in the field of opinions that show the problems of the development of the disobedience, self-righteousness and belonging feeling caused by the second generation in family business. It has been found that the problem of disobedience caused by the second generation in family is more common in than other problems. These problems have been found to be greater than those of the family operating in the province of Gaziantep than those of the Kahramanmaraş and Namıyaman provinces.

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