Department of Work and Organization Studies, KU Leuven, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Business, Hasselt University, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 5;18(5):2589. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052589.
Mental health issues in family businesses and business families have been studied in multiple disciplines within the past three decades. This article systematically reviews 51 articles on mental health issues in family businesses and business families, published in a wide variety of psychology, entrepreneurship, and management journals. Based on a systematic review of extant literature, this article first provides an overview of the state of the art, followed by specific suggestions on novel research questions, theoretical frameworks and study design. This way, the review systematizes evidence on known antecedents and consequences of mental health issues in family businesses and business families, but also reveals overlooked and undertheorized drivers and outcomes. The review reveals major gaps in our knowledge that hinder a valid understanding of mental health in the specific context of family businesses and business families, and articulates specific research questions that could be tackled by future research among management as well as mental health scholars. Finally, we point to the relevance of this study for policy makers, family business advisors, therapists and managers.
在过去的三十年中，多个学科领域都对家族企业和企业家族中的心理健康问题进行了研究。本文系统地回顾了 51 篇关于家族企业和企业家族心理健康问题的文章，这些文章发表在各种心理学、创业学和管理学期刊上。本文基于对现有文献的系统回顾，首先提供了该领域的研究现状概述，然后针对新的研究问题、理论框架和研究设计提出了具体建议。通过这种方式，本文对家族企业和企业家族中心理健康问题的已知前因后果进行了系统梳理，同时也揭示了被忽视和未被充分理论化的驱动因素和结果。本文的综述揭示了我们在知识上的重大差距，这些差距阻碍了我们对家族企业和企业家族中特定心理健康问题的有效理解，并提出了未来管理和心理健康学者可以研究的具体问题。最后，我们指出了这项研究对政策制定者、家族企业顾问、治疗师和管理者的重要意义。
