Familiness and Entrepreneurial Orientation: An Epistemological Systematization of the Literature Review

Abstract

Study objective: Family businesses gain notoriety in academic research because they have peculiarities found with the phenomenon of generations, and it is for these attributes that this work aims to analyze the epistemological bias, the results of a systematization that uses the unique characteristics of family businesses, called Familiness, as well as by another construct better known as entrepreneurial orientation. Methodology/approach: To reach this objective, an investigation of the national and international academic production was carried out through a systematization called Proknow-C, being possible to identify the main categorical groups of authors in the area, main journals, as well as to identify and analyze the main objectives and the contributions of the selected scientific articles. Relevance/originality: This study reinforces the unique characteristics of family businesses, in which this work aims to consolidate a methodological proposal with arguments linked to positivism or interpretivism in full epistemology. Main results: Among the results, it was possible to consolidate some research intentions inherent to the junction of such constructs, besides directing, which may be the best and most promising research fields for the application of these constructs and the most indicated methods, guided by the three epistemological positions, subjectivism, objectivism and constructivism.