Microfoundations research, generally conceptualized as explaining macro concepts and relationships in terms of micro-level behaviors and interactions, has been argued as critical to knowledge-building. Thus, we reviewed the family business literature to assess the state of microfoundations knowledge. Results indicate most research does not examine all microfoundational links. In addition, much of the research lacks a theoretical foundation. To provide structure to guide future inquiry, we offer theoretically-driven directions for family business research for each microfoundation link. This will help prevent microfoundations knowledge from developing in a disjointed manner, and allow future research to build more systematically.

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家族企业研究的微观基础：理论驱动的未来探究的回顾和议程

微观基础研究通常被概念化为根据微观行为和相互作用解释宏观概念和关系，被认为对知识构建至关重要。因此，我们回顾了家族企业文献，以评估微观基础知识的状况。结果表明，大多数研究并未检查所有微观基础联系。此外，许多研究缺乏理论基础。为了提供指导未来探究的结构，我们为家族企业研究的每个微观基础环节提供了理论驱动的方向。这将有助于防止微观基础知识以脱节的方式发展，并使未来的研究更加系统化。