Seaman, ClaireRoss, SusanneBent, RichardHiggins, DavidJones, PaulMcGowan, Pauric2019-10-172019-10-172018-12-10Seaman, C., Ross, S. & Bent, R. (2018) Extending cross-gender succession theories: Mother–son succession in family business. In: Higgins, D., Jones, P. & McGowan, P. (eds.) Creating entrepreneurial space: Talking through multi-voices, reflections on emerging debates. Bingley, England: Emerald, pp. 79-90.978178756372897817875637112040-7246https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/10114https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-72462018000009A005Ross, Susanne - ORCID 0000-0003-2367-0923 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-0923Item not available in this repository.The importance of succession in family business is well documented and there is general agreement that successful succession represents a key factor in the success or otherwise of individual businesses owned and run by families. The importance of gender in family business succession is a much more recent topic, where initial work has focussed very much on the increasing tendency for women to take on the family business as a successor. Far less research, however, considers the scenario where a female leader passes on the business, whether that takes the form of family succession, a new leader from out with the family or indeed business sale. This dearth of research is not entirely surprising: whilst female leaders in a family business context are not new, their numbers have been relatively small and often mediated through the lens of co-preneurship with a male partner. As women increasingly succeed to and found family businesses however, the gender dimension within family business succession develops and the research response forms the basis for this chapter.79-90enFamily BusinessSuccessionMother-son SuccessionEnterpriseEntrepreneurial FamiliesLeadershipBook chapter