Sustainability and company attractiveness

Presley, Adrien; Presley, Theresa J.; Blum, Michael

doi:10.1108/sampj-03-2017-0032

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“…Both findings are in agreement with the most recent published study in this field [40,41,51]. In the empirical analyses, we find that from the investors' perspective, a company will gain a higher revenue when it engages in CSR with more practices, as shown in recent studies [37][38][39]41,42,44]. We also find evidence that the CSR initiatives could improve the financial health of a company and consequently facilitate the manager's operation.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in China: Trends, Context, and Impact on Company Performance

Khalili

Cheng

2019

Sustainability

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This study analyzes the trends, context, and impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives on company’s performance and productivity in China. We use environmental and social responsibility data in 34,000 CSR projects released by 839 companies in 31 provinces from 2006 to 2016. Clustering methods as wells as ordinary least squares and the fixed effects panel regression modeling are performed to provide insights on the context, trends, and impact of CSR projects on companies’ productivity and financial outcomes. Results of data processing and modeling indicate that: (a) most projects focused on improving companies’ environmental sustainability (compared to social); (b) implementation of both environmental and social projects had positive impacts on companies’ performance; and (c) trends, context, and impact of the projects varied with time, company type, and location (provinces). In addition, data suggest that companies operating in regions with lower economic conditions (GDP per capita) seem to be less motivated to implement environmental and social sustainability projects compared to those operating in regions with higher economic conditions. This study is meaningful for both companies that consider adopting CSR initiatives, as well as stakeholders and managers who aim to promote sustainable development in China.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in China: Trends, Context, and Impact on Company Performance

Khalili

Cheng

2019

Sustainability

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“…Specifically, the results reveal that job seekers show positive attitudes towards CSR's economic, legal and philanthropic dimensions. Therefore, the study adds to the empirical evidence and supports the propositions by Moorthy et al (2017), Adetunji and Ogbonna (2013), Gully et al (2013), Magbool et al (2016), Presley et al (2018), Turban and Greening (1997), Klimkiewicz and Oltra (2017) and Silva et al (2020) wherein similar relationship were established between workplace, legal, philanthropic, environmental aspects of CSR and JSA. However, contrary to the expectations, the study also finds a less positive effect of ethical dimensions of CSR on job seekers.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…However, Prihatiningsih et al (2017) argued that socio-environmental consciousness has no effect on CSR and job pursuit intention. In the context of CSR sustainability and attractiveness, Presley et al (2018) reported that sustainability is an essential factor affecting the potential employee attractiveness towards the company. Kumar et al (2021) found a significant relationship between CSR and organizational branding.…”

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Examining the effects of CSR on organizational attractiveness: perception study of job seekers in India

Ali

Satpathy

Gupta

2023

JGR

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) effectiveness on job seekers’ organizational attractiveness (JSA). Deriving inspiration from Carroll’s theory, the study specifically tries to measure the impact of CSR on JSA with the four dimensions pertaining to economics (PECO), pertaining to legal compliance (PLCO), pertaining to ethics (PETH) and pertaining to philanthropic (PPH). Furthermore, the paper also tries to examine the moderating role of company selection (COM SEL) done based on high or low CSR reputation and JSA. Design/methodology/approach Management and engineering students enrolled in premier institutions and universities of Western Odisha in India are surveyed for their perceptions of CSR and JSA. Purposive and convenience sampling are applied to collect data from 456 job seekers. Based on the analysis, the study proposes two main models (Models 1 and 2) wherein Model 1 tries to measure the effect of CSR on JSA and Model 2 checks the moderating effect of COM SEL on CSR and JSA. In addition, robustness of the study is tested using control variables (Models 3 and 4). Data is treated through SmartPLS 3.3 software. The structural equation modelling (partial least squares-SEM) method is applied to test the hypotheses and for further analysis. Findings The result reveals an interesting insight. There is a positive and significant effect of PECO, PLCO and PPH on JSA. Moreover, no such significant effect is observed between PETH and JSA. Further, the findings are contrary with respect to COM SEL, that partially moderates the effect of CSR on JSA. However, the results reveal that COM SEL has a substantial moderating effect on the PPH dimension of CSR and JSA. Practical implications The results highlight that CSR positively and significantly affects JSA in terms of PECO, PLCO and PPH, thereby emphasizing that organizations must be more focused on these perspectives of CSR. Further, though the results did not exhibit any significance with PETH, it is essential that organizations should strengthen the ethical aspects of CSR as well and align them with the CSR strategic actions. The study also confirms the moderating effect of COM SEL on PPH dimension of CSR and JSA, thereby supporting the philanthropic approach in this domain. Further, the organizations should foresee the philanthropic factor of CSR as a competitive advantage to attract potential job seekers. Originality/value This research attempts to contribute to CSR and HR literature in two ways. First, it is the first attempt to use PLS-SEM with an attempt to understand job seekers’ perception of CSR and JSA with Indian data consisting of students belonging to premier business management and engineering institutes. Second, the study is an attempt to empirically measure the moderating effect of COM SEL on JSA. To sum up, the study will provide insights to organizations to help craft CSR strategies for attracting more job seekers.

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“…Furthermore, other motives with other orientations have been highlighted in various fields of the social sciences. For example, within nursing, compassion is seen as an important attribute (Peters, 2018), environmental sciences talk about sustainability as a characteristic (Presley et al, 2018), while the management literature talks about corporate social responsibility as an important driver (Belinda et al, 2018). The common thread in these observations can be conveniently captured under the heading of prosocial motivation and the related prosocial behavior (Bolino and Grant, 2016).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Government Calling Revisited: A Survey-Experiment on the Moderating Role of Public Service Motivation in Assessing Employer Attractiveness

Vandenabeele

Jager

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Employer attractiveness is an important variable for any organization. It is therefore not surprising that organizations try to control this facet when communicating recruitment messages for positions to be filled. This study aims to capture this process for public sector organizations, while looking at the role that a particular type of prosocial motivation -public service motivation: the motivation people have to contribute to society -plays in this process. To this end, a survey-experiment (N = 192) with prospective employees is carried out in which recruitment messages with three different value statements (public, private, neutral) are presented to the respondents. The effect of these message on both attractiveness and person-organization fit, as moderated by public service motivation, is tested. The results indicate that public service motivation indeed moderates the effect of these messages. However, the results do not fully corroborate the theoretical expectations. Therefore, additional exploratory analyses are performed in order to better understand the variables included in this process. This provides a direction for further research. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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Sustainability and company attractiveness

Cited by 15 publications

References 37 publications

Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in China: Trends, Context, and Impact on Company Performance

Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in China: Trends, Context, and Impact on Company Performance

Examining the effects of CSR on organizational attractiveness: perception study of job seekers in India

Government Calling Revisited: A Survey-Experiment on the Moderating Role of Public Service Motivation in Assessing Employer Attractiveness

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