Resumen

PALAFOX SOTO, María Olivia; OCHOA JIMENEZ, Sergio  y  JACOBO HERNANDEZ, Carlos Armando. Leadership in the succession process: the case of a family business from mexico. Vis. futuro [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.2. ISSN 1668-8708.

The family businesses are of great importance because they have been generators new jobs over the years, it's importance has allowed it to be studied by many investigators, however, and despite there are investigations about family businesses, it hasn't been emphasized in case studies highlighting at the same time the leadership and the decisive process in these business, known as succession process; Therefore, it's worth mentioning the concern to study a well-known company that has gone through this process, where the main purpose is to show the ability to solve problems or challenges and how to cope with the succession process, in addition to knowing if the leadership is a key factor in this, deepening it to a greater extent in a case study, through semi-structured interview guides. After analyzing and interpreting what the informants mention, it was obtained that the leadership was a fundamental piece in this process, ending with an autocratic leadership used by the founder of the company, however, the new owner has changed that using different types of changing leadership depending on the situation, called situational leadership and the main thing to recommend is to continue with that style of leadership that characterizes him and continue like a well-known successful a family business.

Palabras clave : Leadership; Succession; Family; Business.