征稿期刊

Journal of Family Business Strategy

期刊级别

SSCI (JCR 2023)

IF 9.5

Q1 (BUSINESS 14/302)

Q1 (MANAGEMENT 12/401)

征稿主题

Unveiling environmental, social, and governance dynamics in family firms

细分领域

ESG reporting and disclosure in family firms (Cabeza-García et al., 2017, Campopiano and De Massis, 2015). Do family firms differ from non-family firms in terms of ESG reporting and disclosure? What are the variations across family firms? How do family firms disseminate their reports? Do stakeholders’ trust in ESG reports differ in light of the firm (i.e., family versus non-family)? What are the effects of ESG disclosure?

Impact investing and purpose-driven finance in family firms and entrepreneurial families (Chen and Harrison, 2020, Schlütter et al., 2023). How do family firms and entrepreneurial families pursue impact- and purpose-driven investments? What is the role of family offices to achieve these goals? How can family offices be leveraged by entrepreneurial families to pursue their ESG agenda? What about other organizations like family foundations and/or family business foundations?

The micro-foundations of ESG in family firms, drawing for instance on psychological lenses (e.g., construal level theory) (Kammerlander & Breugst, 2019), family science theories (Jaskiewicz et al., 2017), or the psychological foundations of management in family firms (Picone et al., 2021). How do family members’ emotions, heuristics, biases, memories, and/or personal traits affect ESG engagement? How do internal and external stakeholders’ heuristics, biases, memories, and/or personal traits affect family firms’ ESG behavior?

Mixed gamble perspectives (e.g., SEW) (Cruz and Justo, 2017, Gomez–Mejia et al., 2014). Can engaging in ESG be regarded as a mixed gamble in family firms? Can this perspective reconcile the SEW contrasting arguments about ESG in family firms?

A change in the level of analysis from the family firm to the business family (Zellweger et al., 2012), acknowledging that business families might control a portfolio of businesses (Michael-Tsabari et al., 2014, Capolupo et al., 2023) and other assets (De Massis et al., 2021), thereby investigating the ESG behavior of business families. Do business families show different ESG attitudes in different firms they control (e.g., core vs peripheral firms)? If so, can this be related to different levels of identification? Do business families take into account ESG considerations when investing in a new entrepreneurial activity (e.g., acquisitions)? Which and how do business families’ issues and dynamics impact ESG? How do ESG dynamics happen at the level of analysis of the family-related organizational ecosystem?

Family firms’ heterogeneity (Daspit et al., 2021), as prior research has investigated family firms as a homogenous group when trying to understand their ESG behavior, with very few exceptions (Gavana et al., 2023, Marques et al., 2014). What is the ESG behavior of diverse family firms? For instance, how does the involvement of younger family generations in the firm influence the family firms’ ESG behavior?

ESG in family firms during crises (Calabrò et al., 2021, Kraus et al., 2020). How do crises impact family firms’ ESG behavior? Do family firms behave more responsibly than their non-family counterparts during a crisis?

Legacy and ESG in family firms (Fox et al., 2010, LeCounte, 2022). How does the willingness to leave a legacy influence family firm owner-managers ESG behavior? Can legacy reconcile the perspectives of different generations and align their goals?

ESG and innovation in family firms (Aiello et al., 2021). Do family firms develop more sustainable or green innovations? Do closer ties with stakeholders help family firms during (open) innovation activities?

重要时间

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2025

原文：https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-family-business-strategy/about/call-for-papers#unveiling-environmental-social-and-governance-dynamics-in-family-firms