TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between entrepreneurs’ personal values and corporate social responsibility (CSR) orientations among small- and medium-sized enterprises in a developing country, Zambia.Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through questionnaires. Two linear regression models were used to test the hypotheses.Findings Self-transcendence values have a significant positive influence on socially oriented CSR but do not influence environmentally oriented CSR. Self-enhancement values do not affect social and environmental CSR orientations. Conservation values have a marginally positive influence on environmentally oriented CSR but no influence on socially oriented CSR. Finally, openness to change has a significant positive influence on environmentally orientated CSR but no influence on socially oriented CSR.Research limitations/implications The limitations of this study relates to the sector from which the sample was drawn, other predictors of CSR orientations, use of cross-sectional data, and the replication of this study to validate its findings.Practical implications The findings inform policy-makers, scholars, educators, and regulators on the importance of aligning personal values with environmental and social concerns, thereby influencing entrepreneurs’ CSR orientations for the well-being of society and the natural environment.Originality/value This paper shows the influence of personal values on CSR orientations among entrepreneurs in a hardly researched Sub-Saharan Africa country.
VL  - 26
IS  - 4
SN  - 1462-6004
DO  - 10.1108/JSBED-02-2017-0080
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JSBED-02-2017-0080
AU  - Choongo Progress
AU  - Paas Leo Jasper
AU  - Masurel Enno
AU  - van Burg Elco
AU  - Lungu John
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Entrepreneurs’ personal values and CSR orientations: evidence from SMEs in Zambia
T2  - Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 545
EP  - 570
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -