Corporate social responsibility, work meaningfulness, and employee engagement: The joint moderating effects of incremental moral belief and moral identity centrality

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 1264-1278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Afsar ◽  
Basheer Al‐Ghazali ◽  
Waheed Umrani
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Moral Belief ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Work Meaningfulness ◽  
Identity Centrality ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals How Meaningfulness and Professional Identity Interact in Emerging Professions: The Case of Corporate Social Responsibility Consultants

2021 ◽  
pp. 017084062110355
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Iatridis ◽  
Jean-Pascal Gond ◽  
Effie Kesidou
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Professional Socialization ◽  
Work Meaningfulness ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Corporate Social

Although interest in meaningfulness is mounting in the growing stream of research dedicated to how professionals experience it, research has only just begun to investigate the complex relationships between the search for meaningfulness and the constitution of professional identity for emerging professional groups. This paper investigates how meaningfulness interacts with the formation and enactment of professional identity, focusing on the emerging professional group of corporate social responsibility (CSR) consultants. Relying on interviews with 39 CSR consultants, we induce two social mechanisms bridging meaningfulness and professional identity, namely ‘meaning-making through professional self-identification’ and ‘meaning-making through professional socialization’. Our results explain how these mechanisms produce distinct, and potentially contradictory, professional identities of CSR consultants, which themselves enable contrasted forms of professional identity enactment. The study advances meaningfulness research by clarifying how the self-other tension is played out through identity formation and revealing the gendered nature of meaningfulness. The research also contributes to studies on professional identity through the specification of meaning-focused mechanisms of identity formation, and ultimately to micro-CSR research by offering a nuanced approach to how CSR is involved in the production of work meaningfulness.

Examining Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement in Macao

2016 ◽  
pp. 59-81
Author(s):  
Jennifer H. Gao
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Chinese Values ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

Previous research suggested that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is positively related to organization's attractiveness to potential employees. This chapter tries to explore the effectiveness of CSR dimensions on employee engagement and the mediating factors that lay between the two constructs. It is proposed that CSR has a direct impact on employee engagement, and that perceived organizational support (POS) and Chinese values mediate this relationship, so CSR may also contribute indirectly to employee engagement. Data were collected from 314 employees in the tourism sector in Macao. Results support the hypotheses, as the relationship between CSR and employee engagement is fully mediated by POS and Chinese Values. Implications to theory and practice, with limitations and future research are presented.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Value: The Moderating Effects of Financial Flexibility and R&D Investment

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8452
Author(s):  
Zhaoyang Guo ◽  
Siyu Hou ◽  
Qingchang Li
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Idiosyncratic Risk ◽  
Tobin’S Q ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Tobin's Q ◽  
Financial Flexibility ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
D Investment

Despite the significance of corporate social responsibility (CSR), there remains an extensive debate regarding its implications for firm value. This study examines the moderating effects of financial flexibility and R&D investment on CSR and firm value. Using multiple archival data of 2311 companies from 2010 to 2016, our study finds that CSR is a “double-edged sword” for firm value; specifically, CSR significantly increases systematic risk but reduces firms’ idiosyncratic risk as well as the Tobin’s q. Besides, the results indicate that financial flexibility and R&D investment significantly reduce the negative correlation between CSR and Tobin’s q, the difference between the two being that financial flexibility can reduce the positive relationship between CSR and system risk, while R&D spending can reduce the negative relationship between CSR and idiosyncratic risk. By adding new aspects to the discussion about how CSR affects firm value, the results speak to both theorists and practitioners.

scholarly journals Truly Sustainability or Hypocrisy: The Effects of Corporate Sustainable Orientation on Consumers’ Quality Perception and Trust Based on Evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2735 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaobei Liang ◽  
Xiaojuan Hu ◽  
Hu Meng
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Quality Perception ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Relationship

Sustainable initiatives have been widely fulfilled by corporations, which can acquire better reputations by performing environmental, social, and economic responsibilities. However, if a corporation’s propaganda about sustainable orientation is contrary to the actual action, or even does not have a clear orientation, then it may also fall into the reputation of hypocrisy. In this study, from the perspective of consumer behavior and based on the moral responsibility theory of corporate sustainability, we identify six types of sustainable corporations by their orientations toward sustainability, including value, goals, and structure. We empirically examine their direct effects on consumers’ sustainable quality perception and trust, as well as the moderating effects of corporate social responsibility associations and consumer–corporation identity. Data are collected in China; 203 adults participated in the survey. The results reveal that the types of sustainable goals and structure have a significant effect on consumers’ sustainable quality perception and trust. Furthermore, consumers’ perception is also positively associated with their trust in a corporation. Moreover, the consumer–corporation identity negatively moderates the relationship between perception and trust. These findings also bring theoretical and practical insights for governments and corporations.

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