Beyond Association: How Employees Want to Participate in Their Firms' Corporate Social Performance. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hagenbuch, David J.; Little, Steven W.; Lucas, Doyle J.
• Is Part Of: Business and society review. Volume 120:Number 1(2015)
• Page Start: 83
• Page End: 113
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Industries -- Social aspects -- United States -- Periodicals; Industries -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; International business enterprises -- Social aspects -- Periodicals; Responsabilité sociale; Déontologie; Morale des affaires; Entreprise; Entreprise multinationale; Aspect social; 658.408
• DOI: 10.1111/basr.12049
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0045-3609

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Although many studies have found a positive relationship between corporate social performance and employer attractiveness, few have examined how different forms of responsibility might mediate that attraction, particularly when those social practices afford different degrees of employee participation. The current study undertook this line of inquiry by examining prospective employees' attraction to three common approaches to corporate social performance (CSP) that offer increasing levels of participation: donation, volunteerism, and operational integration. Unexpectedly, findings from an empirical investigation challenged the study's main hypothesis; that is, prospective employees were least attracted to firms that integrated their social and financial goals. Consequently, important implications and questions remain for both employers and business educators.</p> </abstract>