Corporate social responsibility and innovative work behavior: Is it a matter of perceptions?

Abstract

The paper investigates the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on Innovative Work Behavior (IWB). The mediating role of passion and organizational commitment is investigated for understanding the effect of CSR on companies' performances by adopting a behavioral perspective. Based on the exploratory literature review conducted during the period from 1990 to 2020 and the content analysis method, we explore possible relationships among CSR, human capital, relational capital, and innovative work behaviors. Building upon the evidence from the literature review, a set of propositions have been defined for supporting both researchers and practitioners in enhancing the potential contribution of perceived CSR to improve companies' performance by adopting IWBs. The paper enriches ongoing debate about CSR's influence on companies' performances investigating the pivotal role of perceptions about CSR practices in influencing IWBs within the business field.

Employees' reactions to CSR perception and disclosure in the presence of multilevel contingencies

“…The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available on Emerald Insight at: https://www.emerald.com/insight/2059-5794.htm Nowadays, social and environmental dimensions are considered an integral part of organizational practices (Frerichs and Teichert, 2021). In such context, corporate social responsibility (CSR) becomes a key topic of interest in the subject of strategic management and business domain as a means to understand the ways by which organizations can assimilate their practices by considering a triple bottom line of social, environmental and economic performance to reinforce their relations with external and internal stakeholders (Alhmoudi et al, 2022;Turner et al, 2019), and various multinational corporations such as Nestle, Coca-Cola, Disney and Pfizer are publishing annual CSR reports that represent their CSR engagements and achievements (Frerichs and Teichert, 2021). In the same breath, research in the subject matter of CSR is rapidly turned out to be quite widespread as Onkila and Sarna (2022) noted a significant increase in the number of research articles published on CSR since 2011.…”

“…Today's globalized and dynamic business environment underlines the importance to go beyond the traditional business practices, i.e. only profit maximization (Alhmoudi et al. , 2022).…”

“…Nowadays, social and environmental dimensions are considered an integral part of organizational practices (Frerichs and Teichert, 2021). In such context, corporate social responsibility (CSR) becomes a key topic of interest in the subject of strategic management and business domain as a means to understand the ways by which organizations can assimilate their practices by considering a triple bottom line of social, environmental and economic performance to reinforce their relations with external and internal stakeholders (Alhmoudi et al. , 2022; Turner et al.…”

Guest editorial: Microfoundations of CSR and sustainable performance

“…The literature on the macro-level perspectives of CSR is fully developed. At the same time, the micro-level inquiry into the CSR discipline remains underdeveloped, which calls for further scientific research (Alhmoudi et al, 2022).Past literature from the microfoundational lens suggests that the firm's engagement in CSR activities results in positive outcomes, namely, employee organizational attachment, lower employee turnover (Lee et al, 2013), and employee well-being (Singhapakdi et al, 2015). However, microfoundations of CSR have not received adequate attention from the research community (Gond et al, 2017).…”

“…The literature on the macro-level perspectives of CSR is fully developed. At the same time, the micro-level inquiry into the CSR discipline remains underdeveloped, which calls for further scientific research (Alhmoudi et al ., 2022).…”