A Systematic Literature Review on Ownership and Corporate Social Responsibility in Family Firms

Saier Su, Fei Zhu and Haibo Zhou
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Saier Su: College of Wealth Management, Ningbo University of Finance & Economics, Ningbo 315175, China
Fei Zhu: Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China
Haibo Zhou: Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo 315100, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 13, 1-25

Abstract: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) research has developed rapidly in recent years, and scholars have called for a more comprehensive picture of CSR research in family firms. In response to the call, this study conducts a systematic literature review of CSR activities in family firms from an important but understudied perspective: ownership. In addition to showing the divergent effects of ownership on family firm CSR, this research also reveals multiple mediating mechanisms and moderators for the above relationship and family ownership as a boundary condition for the relationships between family firm CSR and outcomes. Theories and methodological issues in past research are analyzed, and limitations and future research directions are also proposed.

Keywords: family firm; ownership; corporate social responsibility; mediator; moderator (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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