Low Altruism as a Cause of Ostracism

This study focused on the causes of ostracism and explored the relationship between altruistic personality traits and ostracism. Using a combination of questionnaire surveys and laboratory experiments, results showed that: individuals with lower altruism were more vulnerable to be ostracized than those with higher altruism (Study 1 and Study 2). The relationship between altruism and ostracism was partially mediated by social responsibility (Study 3). When facing a low-altruistic target, the source would infer that the social responsibility level of this target was also low, thereby leading the ostracism intention to the target. Empathy did not moderate the relationship between altruism and ostracism. On the one hand, empathy did not moderate the direct effect of altruism on ostracism (Study 2); on the other hand, it also did not moderate the mediating role of social responsibility (Study 3). The strengths and limitations of this research are also discussed.

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Corporate social responsibility á la the liberal communist

Organization ◽

10.1177/1350508413478311 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 416-432 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Carl Cederström ◽

Michael Marinetto

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

The Other ◽

Social Good ◽

The Social ◽

Dynamic Structures ◽

The One ◽

Corporate Social ◽

Practical Nature

This article explores the ‘liberal communist’, a conceptual and satirical figure originally elaborated in the work of Slavoj Žižek (2008). The liberal communist claims (1) that there is no opposition between capitalism and the social good; (2) that all problems are of a practical nature, and hence best solved by corporate engagement and (3) that hierarchies, authority and centralized bureaucracies should be replaced by dynamic structures, a nomadic lifestyle and a flexible spirit. This analysis of the liberal communist has at least two implications for research on CSR. First, it examines the ideological role of CSR by moving beyond a propaganda view, instead offering an ideological reading that focuses on the ways in which CSR seeks to obliterate any existing contradictions between ‘philanthropic actions’ on the one hand and ‘profit-seeking business activities’ on the other hand. Second, it demonstrates how critique is not necessarily what corporations seek to avoid, but something that they actively engage in.

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The Mediating Role of Employee Commitment in the Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance in Serbia

SAGE Open ◽

10.1177/21582440211037668 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 215824402110376

Author(s):

Slobodan Marić ◽

Nemanja Berber ◽

Agneš Slavić ◽

Marko Aleksić

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Firm Performance ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Direct Effect ◽

Employee Commitment ◽

Research Results ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Corporate Social ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to increase the knowledge on relations between corporate social responsibility (CSR), employee commitment, and firm performance in Serbia. The theoretical part of the article analyzes the relations between CSR and firm performances, as well as CSR and employee commitment, based on available world-wide research results. The empirical part of the article presents the research results for large companies in Serbia, regarding the relations between CSR and firm performance, CSR and employee commitment, and the mediating role of employee commitment on the relationship between CSR and firm performances. The sample consists of 53 large companies, each with more than 250 employees. The database was compiled between October 2019 and March 2020 using self-developed questionnaires. PLS-SEM analysis was implemented to uncover the relationship that exists between the variables. The authors determined that there was no direct effect of CSR on firm performances, but positive, statistically significant effects on employee commitment. Although the direct effect is missing, employee commitment has a positive mediation effect on CSR-firm performance link. The concluding part of the article outlines the theoretical and practical implications, acknowledges research limitations, and offers future research directions.

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Mediasi Kepuasan Kerja dan Stres Kerja pada Hubungan antara Program Jamsostek dan Kinerja Karyawan Studi Kasus pada Perusahaan Swasta di DIY dan Solo

Jurnal Maksipreneur Manajemen Koperasi dan Entrepreneurship ◽

10.30588/jmp.v3i1.89 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Eny Sulistyowati ◽

Totok Danangdjojo

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Social Security ◽

Job Stress ◽

Work Stress ◽

Program Performance ◽

Social Security Program ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to explain the influence of the Social Security program on performance and job satisfaction and job stress as a mediating variable. In addition, this study also describes the effect of job satisfaction on the performance and the effect of work stress on performance. The relationship of each variable in this research is to be measured by conducting a survey on 145 employees of private companies that included in Social Security program on DIY and Solo. Then the path analisys used to test the effect of social security program performance in mediation by job satisfaction, performance and job stress, job satisfaction, and examines the effect on the performance and the effect of work stress on performance. The results showed that the social security program significant positively affects job satisfaction and performance. Job satisfaction was also positively and significantly affect performance. Even though mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between social security program performance partial. Because merely direct relationship between social security program with greater performance than the mediating role of job satisfaction. Social Security program did not significantly affect the stress of work, as well as job stress did not significantly affect performance. Therefore, the mediating role of work stress on the relationship between social security program with the performance did not occur. Individual differences and work experience may be a factor that causes no significant relationship between the two variables.

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Waarom Jesus-studies?

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v56i1.1697 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

Author(s):

P. A. Geyser

Keyword(s):

The Other ◽

Historical Jesus ◽

New Historicism ◽

Social Standing ◽

The Social ◽

Social Interests ◽

The One ◽

The Relationship ◽

Historical Nature

Why Jesus studies? Present-day historical Jesus studies are the epistemological product of what has become known as the New Historicism. The aim of the article is to emphasize two aspects of the New Historicism as epistemological approach. The one aspect focuses on the profitability of this endeavour and the other on the historical nature of the New Historicism. As far as profitability is concerned, the social standing and identity of the researcher are emphasized. Among otherthings, the social interests of the researcher are taken into account. Concerning the historical nature of this kind of research, a distinction is drawn between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith. The aim of the article is to gain clarity on the relationship between the Jesus of history (pre-Easter) and the Jesus of faith (post-Easter). J D Crossan's exposition of the reasons for Jesus studies is followed. He distinguishes three reasons: historical, ethical and theological.

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The Mediating Role of Competency on the Relationship between Training and Task Performance: Applied Study in Pharmacists

International Journal of Business Administration ◽

10.5430/ijba.v8n7p16 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (7) ◽

pp. 16

Author(s):

Jih-Hua Yang ◽

Shih-Chieh Fang ◽

Ching-Ying Huang

Keyword(s):

Task Performance ◽

Core Competency ◽

Professional Competency ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Technical Competency ◽

Full Effect ◽

The One ◽

The Relationship ◽

And Task

This study aimed to determine the mediating role of competency (professional competency, technical competency, and core competency) between training and task performance in pharmacists. Questionnaire was the tool of collecting data from a sample of (210) pharmacists. The results of the study indicated that there is a positive effect of training on task performance. Also, there is full effect of the two mediator variables (professional competency; technical competency) and partial effect of the one mediator variable (core competency) on the relationship between independent and dependent variables.

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Revisiting Health in Colonial Bengal: A Literary Overview (1880 -1930)

Journal of Education and Vocational Research ◽

10.22610/jsds.v3i11.724 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (11) ◽

pp. 374-377

Author(s):

Tinni Goswami Bhattacharya

Keyword(s):

Social Economic ◽

The Other ◽

Vernacular Literature ◽

Public Health Policies ◽

British Raj ◽

The Social ◽

Cultural Tensions ◽

The One ◽

Active Link

The essential theme of this paper is to highlight the condition of health and hygiene in the British Bengal from the perspective of official documents and vernacular writings, with special emphasis on the journals and periodicals. The fatal effects of the epidemics like malaria and cholera, the insanitary condition of the rural Bengal and the cultivated indifference of the British Raj made the lives of the poor natives miserable and ailing. The authorities had a tendency to blame the colonized for their illiteracy and callousness, which became instrumental for the outbreak of the epidemics. On the other, in the late 19 th and the beginning of the 20th, the vernacular literature played the role of a catalyst in awakening health awareness, highlighting the issues related with ill health, insanitation and malnourishment. More importantly, it became an active link between the society and culture on the one hand, and health and people on the other. The present researcher wants to highlight these opposite trajectories of mentalities with a different connotation. The ideologies of the Raj and the native political aspirations often reflected in the colonial writings, where the year 1880 was considered as a landmark in the field of public health policies. On the other, the dichotomy between the masters and the colonized took a prominent shape during 1930s. Within these fifty years; the health of the natives witnessed many upheavals grounded on the social, economic and cultural tensions.

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Brand Embarrassment: Antecedents and Outcomes Variables

Proceeding of Japan International Business and Management Research Conference ◽

10.31098/jibm.v1i1.228 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Paterne Micha MBELANGANI MBAN ◽

Sevtap ÜNAL

Keyword(s):

Brand Image ◽

The Other ◽

Interpersonal Influence ◽

Social Approval ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Negative Feelings ◽

The Relationship ◽

Brand Hate

The present study aimed to investigate the role of negative feelings on the consumer buying decision. The influence of a brand image, the need for social approval, and negative brand self- expressiveness on brand embarrassment, as well as the influence of embarrassment on brand hate and brand detachment, mediated by interpersonal influence, were investigated. Findings revealed that brand image and the need for social approval do not have any influence on brand embarrassment, while the negative brand self-expressiveness does predict brand embarrassment. On the other side, the findings revealed that brand embarrassment creates brand hate and brand detachment. And, interpersonal influence has a mediating role in the relationship between brand image-brand detachment, negative brand self-expressiveness-brand hate, and negative brand self- expressiveness-brand detachment.

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The Relationship Between Perceived Burdensomeness and Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness in Patients with Chronic Pain: A Mediating Role of Pain Self-Efficacy

Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care ◽

10.5812/jjcdc.99068 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Esmaeil Sadri Damirchi ◽

Shahriar Dargahi ◽

Nader Ayadi ◽

Davod Fathi

Keyword(s):

Chronic Pain ◽

Direct Effect ◽

Psychosocial Adjustment ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Perceived Burdensomeness ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Adjustment To Illness ◽

The Relationship

Background: The majority of patients living with chronic pain faces several challenges; therefore, factors affecting their adaptation to the disease to provide appropriate therapeutic methods and meditation and relaxation therapy should be identified. Objectives: The present study aimed at investigating the relationship between perceived burdensomeness and psychosocial adjustment, and the mediating role of pain self-efficacy. Methods: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 240 patients with chronic pain referred to the orthopedic centers in Ardabil in 2019 selected by convenience sampling. Psychosocial Adjustment to Illness Scale, Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire, and Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire were used for data collection. Also, Pearson correlation and multiple regressions were used for data analysis. Data were analyzed using SPSS V. 19 and AMOS V. 21. Results: The findings confirmed the negative and direct effect of perceived burdensomeness (β = -0.11 and P < 0.01), as well as the positive and direct effect of pain self-efficacy (β = 0.86 and P < 0.01) on psychosocial adjustment. On the other hand, perceived burdensomeness (β = -0.32, P < 0.01) had a negative and direct effect on pain self-efficacy. The indirect effect of perceived burdensomeness and pain self-efficacy on psychosocial adjustment to illness was also confirmed. Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that the feelings of pain self-efficacy mediate the relationship between perceived burdensomeness and psychosocial adjustment in patients with chronic pain. That can also be important for the patient and their caregivers in relation to other chronic illnesses. Chronic diseases can also affect patients and their caregivers.

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Cooperatives as Responsible and Innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Smart Territories

Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation Within Smart Cities - Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1978-2.ch020 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 459-490

Author(s):

Francisca Castilla-Polo ◽

Dolores Gallardo-Vázquez ◽

M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández ◽

María del Consuelo Ruiz-Rodríguez

Keyword(s):

Social Responsibility ◽

Olive Oil ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Business Models ◽

Social Value ◽

The Other ◽

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems ◽

The One ◽

The Relationship

Nowadays, and more than never, businesses´ stakeholders are demanding Social Responsibility (SR) and innovation. In this situation, any business is concerned about how to implement social and innovative practices in creating economic and social value at the same time. This chapter analyzes the relationship between SR and innovation in cooperatives. On the one hand, even acknowledging that the degree of implementation of SR is still different in companies, cooperatives seem to be responsible by nature. However, on the other hand, traditionally innovation has been not a visible strength in the cooperative enterprises. The focus is centered on a specific place: the olive oil cooperatives in the south of Spain and we will describe the cooperative entrepreneurial ecosystem created around this territory, demonstrating how SR and innovation are important features related to competitiveness and success. Cooperatives are strategic business models able to foster development in traditional rural areas, so we can define them as an entrepreneurial ecosystem in smart territories.

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The Use of Blood Money in the Establishment of Non-Justice: Necrodomination and Resistance

Turkey's Necropolitical Laboratory ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474450263.003.0008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 160-186

Author(s):

Cem Özatalay ◽

Gözde Aytemur Nüfusçu ◽

Gülistan Zeren

Keyword(s):

Social Hierarchy ◽

Judicial Process ◽

The Social ◽

Blood Money ◽

Perpetrators And Victims ◽

The One ◽

The Right ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

The use of blood money by powerful people during the judicial process following different kinds of homicides (workplace homicides, state homicides, gun homicides and so on) has become commonplace within the neoliberal context. Based on data obtained from five cases in Turkey, this chapter shows, on the one hand, how the use of blood money serves as an effective tool in the hands of powerful people to consolidate power relations, particularly necropower, as well as the relationship of domination, which rests upon class and identity-based inequalities. The analysis indicates that the blood money offers made by powerful people allows them to minimize potential penalties within penal courts and also to keep their privileged positions in the social hierarchy by purchasing the ‘right to kill’. On the other hand, the resistance of the oppressed and aggrieved people to the subjugation of life to the power of death is analysed with a particular focus on the role of power asymmetries between perpetrators and victims and their unequal positions in the social hierarchy. This conflictual relationship, which we qualify as an expression of necrodomination, offers novel insights into Turkey’s historically shaped system of domination.

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