Social Responsibility Journal
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the relationship between attitudes toward socially responsible corporations and purchasing intentions
Meungguk Park, Morgan Chitiyo, Kihwan Kim, Taeho YohA majority of consumers are supportive of socially responsible companies making positive contributions to their communities. However, results of empirical studies on…
Design of a protocol model for the integration of social value in strategic management through social accounting
Alfonso Echanove-Franco, Leire San-Jose, José Luis RetolazaThis study aims to structure a model for integrating social value into strategic management based on identifying the critical success factors (CSF) for such integration in…
Stakeholders' perception of mandatory CSR in the Indian hotel industry: scale development and validation
K. Aparna, S. Amilan, Vimal Raj L.This study aims to develop and validate a scale to measure stakeholders' perception of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in the hotel industry in India.
Do countries capture their inclusive growth, sustainability, and poverty correctly? A study on statistical performance indicators defined by World Bank
Shailesh Rastogi, Kuldeep Singh, Jagjeevan KanoujiyaNowadays, informed decision-making is catching up. Technological advancements and computing ability further fuel and facilitate this tilt toward informed decision-making…
Does corporate sustainability mitigate firm risk? An empirical analysis on S&P 500 controversial companies
Mauro Sciarelli, Giovanni Landi, Lorenzo Turriziani, Anna PriscoThis study aims to explore the impact of controversial firms’ corporate sustainability assessments on their risk exposure according to the environmental, social and…
Director independence and its influence on corporate social responsibility decisions and performance
Ranjita Islam, Muhammad Ali, Erica FrenchThis study aims to provide an understanding of how directors perceive the relationship between board independence and corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance…
Understanding environmentally responsible behavior of tourists at coastal tourist destinations
Sadia Aziz, Muhammad Abdullah Khan NiaziTourists’ irresponsible behaviours (e.g. damaging flowers, writing and painting on the walls and throwing waste material in the water and around the sea site) damage the…
Broadening the circle: creativity, regeneration and redistribution in value loops
Nitha Palakshappa, Sita Venkateswar, Shiv GaneshIncreasing industrial agriculture and economic crisis has generated creative responses in pursuit of responsible solutions to the human and environmental cost of…
Green HRM and employee green behavior in the manufacturing firms: do psychological green climate and employee green commitment matter?
Jnaneswar K.Green human resource management (HRM) plays a vital role in improving employees’ green behaviour. A research gap exists in the roles psychological green climate and…
Investigating the effects of corporate social responsibility on customer citizenship behavior with the mediating roles of corporate image and perceived service quality
Hossein Norouzi, Roghayeh Teimourfamian AslThe purpose of this study is to measure the effect of initiating corporate social responsibility (CSR) in a service-based company (Pasargad Bank in Tehran) on customers'…
The impact of B Corporations’ certification timing on a firm’s economic and social value creation
Chong Kyoon Lee, Sergiy D. Dmytriyev, Matthew A. Rutherford, Jin Young LeeCertified B Corporations (B Corps) represent a prominent manifestation of applying stakeholder principles in practice by emphasizing social and environmental performance…
Corporate social responsibility and risk-taking in banking
Yingying Shao, Babu G. Baradwaj, Michaël Dewally, Pu LiuThe purpose of this study is to examine whether banks’ commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is related to the diversification of their activities and…
Corporate social responsibility and international students mobility in higher education
S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh, Azadeh Shafaei, Mehran Nejati, Poh Ling TanBuilding upon the attribution and brand resonance theories, this paper aims to investigate the effects of perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) in higher…
Nonfinancial sustainability reporting, management legitimate authority and enterprise value
Arash Arianpoor, Mahdi Salehi, Fereshteh DaroudiThe purpose of this study is to assess the impact of nonfinancial sustainability reporting (NFSR) on enterprise value moderated by the management legitimate authority…
The role of CSR practices in generating consumer perceived value: empirical evidence from Moroccan banking sector
Zakaria Abbass, Omar Benjelloun Andaloussi, Fatimazahra RaisCorporate social responsibility (CSR) has a positive impact on consumer behavior; however, how CSR affects consumer perceived value (CPV) has been neglected. The purpose…
Corporate social responsibility and employee engagement: the mediating role of personal environmental norms and employee green behavior
Jamal Abdul Nasir Ansari, Saba IrfanThis paper aims to investigate the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on employee engagement (EE) through mediating effect of personal environmental norms…
Was CSR in our minds? The relevance of CSR in the vision and mission of Indian companies through the lens of ownership
Gauri Joshi, Dipasha Sharma, Monica Kunte, Shirin ShikalgarThis study aims to explore the patterns of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices and investments across different ownership groups and relevance of CSR practices…
Linking CSR and organizational performance: the intervening role of sustainability risk management and organizational reputation
Kuldeep Singh, Rebecca Abraham, Jitendra Yadav, Amit Kumar Agrawal, Prasanna KolarThe purpose of this study is to look at the multifaceted relationship mechanism between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational performance (OP) via…
Employee turnover and the social outreach (breadth): international evidence from the microfinance industry
Md Aslam Mia, Adamu Jibir, Michael OmekeEarlier studies on employee turnover have invested enormous scholarly mileage to understand and address human resource challenges. Considering the substantial evidence on…
Fostering a culture of business ethics: a roadmap for responsible management through codes of ethics based on the experience of Spanish companies
Araceli de los Ríos-Berjillos, Salud Millán-Lara, Ignacio Sepúlveda del Rio, Mercedes Ruiz-LozanoThis paper aims to analyse the role of the code of ethics as a critical element of responsible management and posits it as a tool that integrates ethics, sustainability…
Sustainable apparel: a perspective from Bangladesh’s young consumers
Jin Su, Md Arif Iqbal, Farhan Haque, Maeen Md Khairul AkterThis study aims to understand Bangladeshi young consumers’ perceptions of sustainable apparel. Specifically, through the lens of the theory of reasoned action (TRA), this…
Measuring the impact of CSR practices on customer satisfaction during pandemic: a quantitative study in the Philippines
Danzen Bondoc OlazoThis study aims to analyze how consumers perceive the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices carried out by a local water district in Angeles City, Philippines…
Challenges of implementing extended producer responsibility for plastic-waste management: lessons from India
Dipti Gupta, Satya DashIn the transition towards circular economy and sustainable development, effective implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation is crucial to…
Understanding employees’ voluntary pro-environmental behavior in public organizations – an integrative theory approach
Sameera Mohamed Al Zaidi, Shilpa Iyanna, Fauzia Jabeen, Khalid MehmoodThis paper aims to investigate the impact of situational factors and internal psychological states on employees’ decisions to perform voluntary pro-environmental behavior…
Corporate social responsibility authenticity as a determinant of repurchase intentions
Yusuf Hassan, Anuja Akhouri, Amitabh Deo KodwaniThis study aims to examine the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) authenticity and its relationship with repurchase intentions. In doing so, the…
Sustainability reporting as a social construct: the systematic literature review within socio-political view
Maria Aluchna, Maria Roszkowska-Menkes, Ewa Jastrzębska, Leszek BohdanowiczThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of socio-political interactions in determining the topos of sustainability reporting (SR) practice. For this purpose…
Corporate social responsibility: a cluster analysis of manufacturing firms in India
Gaurav Dawar, Michael J. Polonsky, Shivangi BhatiaThis paper aims to identify the corporate social responsibility (CSR) patterns of Indian manufacturing firms using a CSR index based on ISO26000 and India’s National…
Sensemaking in the construction industry: what is small-business social responsibility?
Nilupulee Liyanagamage, Mario FernandoSocially responsible firms are known to improve competitive advantage and create workplaces that protect employees and the society in the long-term. Yet, the transitionary…
How does corporate social responsibility affect financial distress? The moderating role of corporate governance
Muhammad Farooq, Amna Noor, Nabeeha MaqboolThis study aims to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the financial distress (FD) of firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)…
Stakeholder engagement during COVID-19: evidence from corporate use of Twitter
Mahmood Ahmed Momin, Sabrina Chong, Chris van Staden, Lin MaThis study aims to investigate how New Zealand companies use Twitter to communicate and engage effectively with stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Corporate social responsibility and psychological capital during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from India
Yasmeen Shamsi Rizvi, Asma NabiThis paper aims to examine the relationship between employees’ perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in Indian business organizations and…
A qualitative approach to investigate governance challenges facing South African airlines in the fourth industrial revolution technologies era
Clinton Aigbavboa, Andrew Ebekozien, Nompumelelo MkhizeDynamic governance practices are key in the administration of 21st-century airlines. Knowledge transfer via the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is germane in governance…
Do stakeholders’ interaction and collaboration influence CSR practice within supplier premises in Bangladesh? A managerial perception study
Md Tareq Bin Hossain, Mahmood Ahmed Momin, Steven DellaportasThis study aims to investigate the influence of collaborative stakeholder relationships (buyers, media, government and top management) on apparel suppliers’ corporate…
Environmental disclosure and idiosyncratic risk; exploring the role of governance
Mahboob Khan, Mazhar IqbalThis study aims to explore the moderating role of corporate governance index between environmental disclosure and idiosyncratic risk.
Smog risk perception, corporate social responsibility, and green innovation: evidence from China
Zonghua Liu, Yulang Guo, Ming Zhang, Tianping MaoThe purpose of this study is to investigate the main effect of top executive smog risk perception on green innovation and to examine the mediating role of corporate social…
Do positive and negative shocks of institutional quality affect the ecological footprint in a developing economy?
Muzzammil Hussain, Nasir MahmoodThe discourse on the governance and environment nexus has been an important research agenda. However, the debate on the role of institutional quality (IQ) in environmental…
Institutional pressures for SDGs in Indian food supply chains
Jubin Jacob-John, Clare D’Souza, Timothy Marjoribanks, Stephen Pragasam SingarajuThis paper aims to analyze the influence of institutional pressures on Indian Food Supply Chain (FSC) actors’ intention to adopt strategies for Sustainable Development…
Digital divide, globalization and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries: analysing cross-country heterogeneity
Hermann Ndoya, Simplice A. AsonguThis study aims to analyse the impact of digital divide (DD) on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 2004–2016.
Corporate social responsibility versus business ethics: analysis of employee-related policies
Katia Furlotti, Tatiana MazzaThis study aims to analyze the relationship between companies’ business ethics (BE) and corporate social responsibility (CSR), with particular reference to policies toward…
Corporate social responsibility disclosures and profitability of Islamic banks: an empirical study
Naila Al Mahmuda, Dewan Muktadir-Al-MukitThis study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and financial performance (FP) of Islamic banking sector from a…
Corporate philanthropic response to the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a dilemma?
Hailiang Zou, Zedong Liang, Guoyou Qi, Hanyang MaThis study aims to examine the corporate donations in response to the intensive outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in China in 2020 and proposes that the local spread of…
Gains and losses when implementing CSR: insights from Taiwanese banks
Nguyen Thi Thanh BinhThe benefits gained from the implementation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are not consistent across related studies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to…
Supporting sustainable marketing programs: exploring relationships between cultural values, green attitudes and intent
Nick E. Johnston, Tun-Min (Catherine) Jai, Kelly Virginia Phelan, Natalia VelikovaThis study aims to explore antecedents of supporting local food branded by a sustainable state-operated agricultural marketing program (SOAMP). Cultural values and…
Perceived determinants for modifying littering behavior – a study testing the influence of perceived behavioral control, environmental factors and intention
Ranjit Kaur, Jagwinder SinghThe purpose of the paper is to empirically examine the impact of environmental factors and perceived behavioral control (PBC) in addition to the intention on modified…
Biodiversity management approaches in small and innovative businesses: insights from a systems thinking perspective
Riccardo Torelli, Federica BalluchiAmid the current global crisis, biodiversity remains a topic that is often relegated to a few disciplines. Many issues related to the relationship between organizations…
Who should hold the baton of aviation sustainability?
Jagroop Singh, Sudhir Rana, Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid, Piyush GuptaIn the past four decades, substantial air traffic growth has triggered enthusiasm in the aviation sector. At the same time, this growth has posed challenges to its…
Does source credibility matter in promoting sustainable consumption? Developing an integrated model
Rakesh Kumar, Shailesh Kumar Kaushal, Kishore KumarThis paper aims to explore the role of source credibility while purchasing environment-friendly products using Ajzen’s (1991) theory of planned behavior as underpinning model.
Does board independence influence CSR performance? A GMM-based dynamic panel data approach
Nidhi Agarwala, Ritu Pareek, Tarak Nath SahuThe study aims to explore and establish the relationship that exists between board independence and corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of Indian firms.
How does green intellectual capital affect environmental performance? Evidence from manufacturing firms in Ghana
Richard Kwasi Boso, Enoch Adusei, Emmanuel DemahIndustrialization has contributed to global environmental problems, especially in developed countries, but increasingly so in developing ones as well. Leveraging on the…
Integrating corporate social responsibility into business functions and its impact on company performance: evidence from the Indonesian manufacturing industry
Esti Dwi Rinawiyanti, Huang Xueli, Sharif N. As-SaberThis study aims to investigate the integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) at a functional level and examine its impact on company performance.
A comparison of investment behavior, attitudes, and demographics of socially responsible and conventional investors in India
Renu Jonwall, Seema Gupta, Shuchi PahujaIndia is an emerging economy and one of the preferred investment destinations for environmental, social and governance (ESG) fund issuers. Institutional investors invest…
Analysing sustainability change management in government owned companies: experiences from European ports
María Barreiro-Gen, Rodrigo Lozano, Angela Carpenter, Nuria Bautista-PuigGovernment-owned companies (GOCs), such as ports, have engaged in efforts to become more sustainable. Most of such efforts have been technological and policy ones and…
Sustainable development through sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation: a single-case approach
Shinu VigThis paper aims to understand how a sustainable entrepreneur through his/her sustainable innovation can implement the three pillars of sustainable development, i.e…
How corporate social responsibility explains salespeople’s job performance: the influence of responsible leadership
Sandra Castro-González, Belén Bande, Guadalupe Vila-VázquezThe purpose of this study is understanding how companies can improve sales force performance is a key issue. Despite this, the study of the impact that corporate social…
Relationship between employees’ attributions of corporate social responsibility, organisational justice and turnover intention: evidence from a post-Soviet country
Dovile Valyte-Zeimiene, Loreta Buksnyte-MarmieneCorporate social responsibility (CSR) does not always create added value. Depending on the employee attributions to a socially responsible organisation, it can lead even…
The role of consciousness in sustainable food consumption: a cultural comparison
Jiseon Ahn, Amjad ShamimThe advent of COVID-19 was followed by an increased demand for organic products along with newfound customer interest in healthy consumption habits. This study aims to…
Not all CSR initiatives are created equally: the theoretical implications
Walter R. Nord, K. Doreen MacAulay, Jessica Lindsay KelsoThe purpose of this conceptual paper is twofold: to investigate the nature of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, and to discuss the effects that several…
The interrelationship between intellectual capital, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility
Duc Hong Vo, Loan Thi Hong Van, Hien Thi Thu Hoang, Ngoc Phu TranIntellectual capital, corporate governance (CG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are generally considered three essential pillars to enhance firms’ performance in…
Bank ownership structure and reputation through sustainability reporting in Indonesia
Nurmadi Harsa Sumarta, Mugi Rahardjo, Kingkin Kurnia Trio Satriya, Edy Supriyono, Prihatnolo Gandhi AmidjayaThis paper aims to find empirical evidence of bank ownership structures on bank reputation through the mediating role of sustainability reporting (SR) in Indonesian banking sector.
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