Corporate Social (Ir)Responsibility and Family Firms: A Systematic Review
通过系统文献综述，分析了193篇论文，发现家族企业的CSR实践受战略和道德动机驱动，但也可能因继承不确定性、领导固化等引发企业社会不负责任行为。
ABSTRACT Family firms increasingly allocate more resources to corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices, driven by their idiosyncratic values, governance structures, and stakeholder pressures. However, such practices often vacillate between substantive CSR efforts and symbolic CSR. Utilizing bibliometric mapping, we conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) on CSR within family firms, analyzing 193 peer‐reviewed articles from esteemed journals. Our findings reveal that CSR practices within family firms are influenced by both strategic and ethical motivations, with many of them leveraging CSR to preserve socioemotional wealth and reputation and comply with institutional pressures. However, we also unveil that these drivers may create tensions that define how CSR is adopted and executed. Specifically, such tensions can fuel forms of corporate social irresponsibility. In particular, this “dark side” is notably salient in succession uncertainty, entrenched leadership, and economic downturns, where CSR may be deprioritized or pursued symbolically. To advance the field, we pose questions and propose a future research agenda at the heart of CSR practices, family firms’ mechanisms, and the challenges of an uncertain global environment.