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Multiple identities in franchising (2024)
Journal Article
Grünhagen, M., Watson, A., González-Díaz, M., & Dada, O. L. (2025). Multiple identities in franchising. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 21(1), Article 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-024-01046-5

The extant literature on organizational identification has explored the existence and interactions between different levels of identification that individuals may hold within the same organization. Such research has tended to focus on nested groups w... Read More about Multiple identities in franchising.

Franchisee well-being: The roles of entrepreneurial identity, autonomy perceptions, and franchisor management practices (2024)
Journal Article
Watson, A., Backhaus, C., El Akremi, A., Mignonac, K., & Perrigot, R. (2024). Franchisee well-being: The roles of entrepreneurial identity, autonomy perceptions, and franchisor management practices. Industrial Marketing Management, 123, 386-399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2024.11.001

Using two-level data drawn from franchisors and their franchisees, this paper explores how individual and work characteristics influence franchisee well-being. Franchising is an interesting context in which to examine well-being, given the boundary s... Read More about Franchisee well-being: The roles of entrepreneurial identity, autonomy perceptions, and franchisor management practices.

Going the extra mile: Unveiling the roots of franchisee organisational citizenship behaviours in franchise systems (2024)
Journal Article
Grünhagen, M., Watson, A., & Croonen, E. Going the extra mile: Unveiling the roots of franchisee organisational citizenship behaviours in franchise systems. International Small Business Journal, https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426241292035

While researchers and practitioners have recognised the essential role of employee organisational citizenship behaviours (OCBs), there is an absence of their consideration within franchise systems as a unique context. We aim to address this gap by ex... Read More about Going the extra mile: Unveiling the roots of franchisee organisational citizenship behaviours in franchise systems.