Family firms, national culture and corporate social performance: a meta-analysis
Cross Cultural & Strategic Management
ISSN: 2059-5794
Article publication date: 1 February 2022
Issue publication date: 22 March 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Extant literature is ambiguous on the corporate social performance (CSP) of family firm. This paper aims to synthesize existing evidence of the relationship between family firm and corporate responsibility performance, and to examine the moderating effects of national culture.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on a meta-analysis of the relationship between family firm and CSP, as well as the role of national culture on shaping this relationship.
Findings
The findings show evidence of greater CSP among family firms compared to nonfamily firms. The family firm–CSP relationship was moderated by cultural values such as ingroup collectivism, humane orientation and future orientation, and the moderating effects depended on cultural tightness.
Originality/value
The results help reconcile inconclusive prior findings, and elucidates family firms' corporate social responsibility in different cultures.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China (grant number 2019A1515110715), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (grant number 2020M682719; 2021T140215).
Citation
Chen, J. and Liu, L. (2022), "Family firms, national culture and corporate social performance: a meta-analysis", Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 379-402. https://doi.org/10.1108/CCSM-09-2020-0178
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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