Given the importance of social capital in organizations, this research answers the question of how socioemotional wealth importance (SEWi), family human capital and family social capital influence organizational social capital in small family firms. Based on a sample of 334 small family businesses from the Biobío Region in Chile, a partial least squares structural equation modeling analysis (PLS-SEM) was performed. The results do not provide support for the predicted direct influence of family social capital on organizational social capital, but they support an indirect influence through SEWi and family human capital, both of which have a direct and positive influence on family firms’ organizational social capital. This means that SEWi and family human capital play a central role in generating organizational social capital in small family firms. It also suggests that both ability and willingness of family businesses play a role in allowing these firms to successfully transfer social capital from the family to the business system.

考虑到社会资本在组织中的重要性，本研究回答了社会情感财富重要性（SEWi），家庭人力资本和家庭社会资本如何影响小型家族企业中的组织社会资本的问题。基于来自智利比奥比奥地区的334家小型家族企业的样本，进行了偏最小二乘结构方程模型分析（PLS-SEM）。结果并未支持家族社会资本对组织社会资本的直接影响的预测，但它们支持通过SEWi和家族人力资本的间接影响，两者对家族企业的组织社会资本都有直接和积极的影响。这意味着SEWi和家族人力资本在小型家族企业中产生组织性社会资本中发挥着核心作用。