Corporate social responsibility of large family-owned companies in Germany

Schäfer, Henry; Goldschmidt, Rüdiger

doi:10.1504/ijesb.2010.035819

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“…stronger regional involvement), which were also found in previous studies such as increased employee motivation (e.g. Marqu es et al, 2014;Sch€ afer and Goldschmidt, 2010), improved working conditions (e.g. Fernando and Almeida, 2012), higher employee attraction (Panwar et al, 2014), positive perception by society in general (e.g.…”

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Corporate social responsibility in Austrian family firms: socioemotional wealth and stewardship insights from a qualitative approach

Küttner

Feldbauer‐Durstmüller

Mitter

2020

JFBM

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PurposeThis paper provides a comprehensive view about corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Austrian family firms. In detail, the conceptual understanding, motives for, institutionalisation, planning and the outcomes of CSR are investigated. The authors refer to socioemotional wealth and stewardship aspects as explanation approaches for CSR in family firms.Design/methodology/approachThis study offers new insights into CSR in Austrian family firms based on qualitative data from 30 companies.FindingsThe findings demonstrate that despite numerous social, environmental and economic activities, referral to CSR is just in the beginning, indicating a lack of dissemination of the concept of CSR. The main motives for CSR engagement are image and reputation concerns, a strengthened regional embeddedness and employee-related improvements. Social CSR activities concerning employees and the close company surroundings dominate, whilst environmental CSR measures are often determined by the need for fulfilling the requirements of eco-certifications.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the existing CSR literature by offering deeper insights into CSR in Austrian family firms (e.g. motives and outcomes of CSR), which are discussed under socioemotional wealth and stewardship aspects. Moreover, a broad range of implications for future research and corporate practice (e.g. family firms, owning family, policy) are discussed.

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Corporate social responsibility in Austrian family firms: socioemotional wealth and stewardship insights from a qualitative approach

Küttner

Feldbauer‐Durstmüller

Mitter

2020

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“…Building on stewardship theory, Déniz & Suárez (2005) illustrate that CSR practices are based on ethical and cultural factors. Among 112 Spanish CEOs, Schäfer & Goldschmidt (2010) examine the motives for CSR engagement in large German FFs. Their findings indicate that the ethical motive dimension is a significant predictor of the overall success of CSR engagement.…”

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“…Fassin et al (2011) investigate the awareness of smallbusiness owners and managers regarding CSR and business ethics in Belgium, building on stakeholder theory. Schäfer & Goldschmidt (2010) examine the motives of CSR engagement for FFs in Germany, building on institutional theory. Déniz & Suárez (2005) examine FF orientation and four CSR approaches in Spain, drawing on stewardship theory.…”

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“…In developed countries, CSR is typically aimed at addressing environmental, economic, and governance issues (Doluca et al, 2018;Fehre & Weber, 2019). Moreover, there is more emphasis on business ethics rather than religion (Déniz & Suárez, 2005;Schäfer & Goldschmidt, 2010). Since within most developing countries there is preoccupation on basic livelihood, it is more frequent for businesses to engage primarily in CSR that concentrates on a few areas: environment, safety, and human rights (Caputo et al, 2017;Lamb & Butler, 2018), economic performance and environmental preservation (Gavana et al, 2017b), community, employees, product quality management (López-Cózar Navarro et al, 2017), and environmental human rights, employees, and consumer protection (Rodríguez-Ariza et al, 2017).…”

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Corporate social responsibility in family firms: A systematic literature review

Mariani

Al-Sultan

Massis

2021

Journal of Small Business Management

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The field of CSR in family firms has experienced remarkable growth recently. Therefore, a literature review on the topic is needed to provide an updated overview of extant research and draw guidelines for future research. Using bibliometric mapping, we conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in family business drawing on the Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus databases. The bibliographic coupling conducted suggests that family involvement, corporate governance, and sustainability are the most frequently studied topics. Furthermore, through our SLR, we systematized the studies into an interpretative framework, identifying the drivers and outcomes of CSR practices, processes, and strategies in family business. The study reveals and organizes the state-of-the-art of CSR research in family business, outlines important theoretical implications and develops a future research agenda.

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“…CSR is defined as the economic, legal, ethical, and discretionary expectations that societies have of organizations (Carroll, 1979;Schafer & Goldschmidt, 2010). Extant literature on the determinants and correlates of CSR (see Aguinis & Glavas, 2012) suggests that HRM is among the factors that affect the socially responsible conduct of business, e.g.…”

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HRM Policies and SMEs Performance: The Moderating Role of CSR Orientation

Marín¹,

Lozano‐Reina²,

Beglaryan³

2022

CEBR

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A growing interest in human resource management (HRM) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has not been accompanied by increased knowledge of how different HRM policy orientations can affect SMEs' effectiveness. In this way, the goal of this paper is twofold: to test whether the orientation of HRM towards high-performance work practices (HPWP)represented by the Abilities-Motivation-Opportunities (AMO) framework-allows SMEs to achieve better performance and to test the moderating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) orientation. Based on a telephone questionnaire together with data collected from a sample consisting of 1,136 Spanish SMEs that operate in the industrial or services sector, our results show that SMEs perform better when HRM policies are oriented towards the AMO model. In addition, our findings highlight that this performance impact of orienting HRM towards HPWP is positively moderated by a CSR orientation. This paper thus complements HRM-related literature by adding new evidence exploring the impact of the AMO model on firm performance as well as the role played by CSR orientation within the SME context. Implications for the central European audience: Managers should be aware of the importance of considering and implementing appropriate ability, motivation, and opportunity policies for their employees in order to enhance SME performance. In addition, the importance of a CSR orientation is highlighted, which intensifies the impact of HPWP on firm performance. This empirical paper brings evidence from the underexplored high-performance work policies in SMEs, given their importance in stimulating employee and organizational performance. It also takes into account the particularities of the Spanish context, where most businesses are considered to be SMEs.

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Corporate social responsibility of large family-owned companies in Germany

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Corporate social responsibility in Austrian family firms: socioemotional wealth and stewardship insights from a qualitative approach

Corporate social responsibility in Austrian family firms: socioemotional wealth and stewardship insights from a qualitative approach

Corporate social responsibility in family firms: A systematic literature review

HRM Policies and SMEs Performance: The Moderating Role of CSR Orientation

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