Corporate social responsibility, attitudes and behavioural intentions: an empirical study in banking industry

Khalilakbar, Rashid; Pool, Javad Khazaei

doi:10.1504/emjm.2016.081032

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“…Many consumers do not have intimate knowledge of firms' environmental and social initiatives (Devinney, 2009). Without intimate knowledge of firms' social and environmental initiatives, consumers often do not invest time to identify those initiatives and seek out associated products (Khalilakbar and Khazaei Pool, 2016). In addition, firms which invest in social and environmental initiatives must overcome loyalties consumers have to their current brands.…”

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“…A central component of family firms is nonfinancial goals. Extant research has documented autonomy and control (Ward, 1997), family cohesiveness, supportiveness, loyalty (Sharma and Manikutty, 2005) and pride (Khalilakbar and Khazaei Pool, 2016), as well as family name recognition, respect, status and goodwill in the community (Withisuphakorn and Jiraporn, 2016), as important nonfinancial goals for family firms. Furthermore, a family firm seeks to pass the firm from one generation to the next, resulting in leaders who endeavor to create a positive image and are concerned about the firm's reputation (Block and Wagner, 2014).…”

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Entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability initiatives in family firms

Mullens

2018

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between family firm generation, performance and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in investments in sustainability initiatives. The objective of this research is to establish EO as an important antecedent of investments in sustainability initiatives, assess EO’s interaction with firm performance and establish that later-generation family firms are more environmentally and socially responsible. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected in-person from 151 top managers in automobile and motorcycle dealerships in the southwestern USA. Regression analysis was utilized to analyze the hypothesized relationships. Findings EO is significantly and positively related to investments in sustainability initiatives. That relationship is dependent on the performance of the firm. At low levels of EO, high-performing firms invest significantly more in sustainability initiatives. However, at high levels of EO, low-performing firms invest slightly more in sustainability initiatives. The generation of the family business is moderately related to sustainability investments, with later-generation family firms investing more. Originality/value The findings herein bridge the gap between the entrepreneurship and sustainability literature by establishing EO as an important antecedent of corporate responsibility. Further, the results indicate that firm mechanisms such as EO are more important than the performance of the firm or slack resources available.

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Section: Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%