The Theoretical Lineage and Evolutionary Logic of Research on the Environmental Behavior of Family Firms: A Literature Review

Limin Geng (), Xueyuan Lu and Can Zhang
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Limin Geng: College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Xueyuan Lu: College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
Can Zhang: College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 6, 1-23

Abstract: Family firms research is becoming one of the most important and promising areas for theoretical innovation in management practice. Corporate environmental behavior has attracted widespread academic attention, but the research on the environmental behavior of family firms is obviously insufficient, and the relevant research results are still in a fragmented state. In this paper, we review and summarize the existing research on the environmental behavior of family firms from three aspects: the research dimensions, the influencing factors, and the influencing effects, and try to sort out the theoretical lineage and evolutionary logic of the environmental behavior of family firms. From the existing research results, the research on the influencing factors and effects of family firms’ environmental behavior is at the stage of strife, and there is a lack of in-depth and systematic research on the mechanisms affecting the environmental behavior of family firms and the changes of their effects. In the future, we can explore how to apply or integrate multiple theories simultaneously for complementary explanations, so as to provide a reference for the government to formulate targeted policies to stimulate and regulate the environmental behaviors of family firms.

Keywords: family firms; corporate environmental behavior; heterogeneity; SEW (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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