The Fit between Employees’ Perception and the Organization’s Behavior in Terms of Corporate Social Responsibility

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to the set of behaviors that businesses ought to or are expected to perform in a society. Many companies expect to increase profits through CSR behavior. However, it is a reasonable question to consider whether employees commit to an organization when the...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 10; no. 5; p. 1650
Main Authors Kang, Sora, Han, Su, Bang, Jounghae
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 20.05.2018
Subjects
Business law
Corporate structure
Employees
Ethical standards
Ethics
Organizational aspects
Organizations
Profits
Social responsibility
Sustainability
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Summary:Corporate social responsibility (CSR) refers to the set of behaviors that businesses ought to or are expected to perform in a society. Many companies expect to increase profits through CSR behavior. However, it is a reasonable question to consider whether employees commit to an organization when they do not agree with the organizations’ CSR behavior. Therefore, this study explores the effect of fit between employees’ perceptions of CSR and organizations’ CSR behavior on organization commitment. This study found that the fit between employees’ perceptions and organizations’ CSR behavior has a positive effect on commitment. Among the four CSR dimensions of economic, legal, ethical and philanthropic social responsibility, all dimensions excluding philanthropic responsibility are positively related to organizational commitment. Finally, comparing the effects of fit in Korea and China the effect of fit for ethical social responsibility differed between the two countries.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su10051650