Stabilizing a family business: the transformation of family through the adoption of the family constitution
这篇定性研究探讨家族企业为何及如何采纳家族章程，以及在此过程中家族系统如何转型，对研究家族企业治理和家族动态的学者有参考价值。
This qualitative study explores why and how family firms adopt a family governance mechanism—the family constitution—and how the family system transitions while navigating through this process. Using family system theory, we build a theoretical framework that suggests that family businesses proactively or reactively initiate the process of developing the family constitution to transform the family system under existing stress or anticipated stress. The family constitution development process involves collective sensemaking of the situation, emotional unburdening, family rumination, and clear boundary definition for family members in a family business. This transformation results in a stable family system with higher family cohesion and a sense of fairness among family members.