Socioemotional wealth and family firms performance: a framework and future pathways

Research in socioemotional wealth (SEW) and its relationship with a firm’s performance in family businesses has increased in recent years. Nevertheless, this relationship remains dearth. Further development of knowledge around this theme is interrupted by the lack of systematic organization of the existing literature. Hence, this study aims to systematically examine the literature on the SEW-performance relationship. By utilizing the framework-based systematic literature review, the research examines 38 SEW-performance-related articles extracted from the Scopus database. The study provides the current research gaps in existing literature through different methodological approaches and variables (antecedents, consequences, mediators, moderators, and controls) analysis, which lead to different future research opportunities.