"SEW" What Do We Know and Where Do We Go? A Review of Socioemotional Wealth and a Way Forward. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Swab, R. Gabrielle; Sherlock, Chelsea; Markin, Erik; Dibrell, Clay
• Is Part Of: Family business review. Volume 33:Number 4(2020)
• Page Start: 424
• Page End: 445
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: socioemotional wealth -- family firms -- family control -- FIBER dimensions -- necessary condition analysis; Family-owned business enterprises -- United States -- Periodicals; Home labor -- United States -- Periodicals; Small business -- United States -- Periodicals; New business enterprises -- United States -- Periodicals; 658.045
• DOI: 10.1177/0894486520961938
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-4865

Abstract

This analysis provides a review of family business literature concerning the application of socioemotional wealth (SEW) and its extension through the FIBER framework. Specifically, we answer Brigham and Payne's call by assessing the multidimensionality of the SEW construct, the interrelatedness of the dimensions, and its specificity to family firms. We contribute to the literature by conducting a systematic review of the SEW literature and examining the applications of the FIBER dimensions, noting the evolution of specific research themes. Last, using necessary condition analysis, we provide four conceptual inferences regarding the assumptions of SEW to provide a way forward.