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Employee profile in family firms

In the context of an increasingly importance of family firms, the employee composition of these firms becomes more and more relevant since it is a valuable source of value-added for all companies. This paper aims to give a basic knowledge of the situation of Spanish family firms in comparison with that of Spanish non-family firms, by analyzing deeply the employee profile of family firms. To conduct the investigation, a database from SEPI Foundation has been used, with a particular focus on the analysis of the following variables: family and nonfamily firms, number of employees and different employee profiles. Results provide support on the less presence of qualified employees in family firms and might shed light on ways to combat the usual problem of underqualified employees in family firms.