Identification of Corporate Social Responsibility Challenges and Performance in the Ghanaian Construction Industry

Williams, Justice; Fugar, Frank; Adinyira, Emmanuel

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“…Transferability Compare the study's implications against reviewed literature Post data analysis Credibility Theme approach to establish a pattern from the data Data analysis Dependability Developing semi-structured interview guidelines Research design Source(s): Modified from Wearing (2013, p. 98) and Aigbavboa et al (2023) Table 2. The study's quality assessment approaches would be benefited by both the community and the company offering that service (Williams et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2021).…”

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“…Others lack a universal definition, transparency, lax government attitude for enabling environment, neglecting the main business stakeholder and non-familiarity with CSR outcomes. From the ten challenges presented in Figure 2, inadequate funds for CSR projects, absence of a structured framework, low awareness of CSR-related programmes by stakeholders, lax government attitude for enabling environment and non-familiarity with Findings slightly differ from Williams et al (2020). They found six CSR barriers in the Ghanaian construction industry.…”

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“…In Ghana, a few studies addressed CSR issues (Lichtenstein et al, 2013;Ofori et al, 2014;Bonituo, 2014;Amponsah-Tawiah and Dartey-Baah, 2016;Oppong, 2016;Sarpong, 2017;Boachie, 2020;Williams et al, 2020;Awuah et al, 2021), but none regarding challenges and measures to improve CSR implementation in the built environment with the exemption of Lichtenstein et al (2013) and Williams et al (2020). Oppong (2016) and Sarpong (2017) focused on Ghana's CSR rather than a specific sector.…”

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“…In Lichtenstein et al (2013) and Willaims et al (2020) studies, besides engaging only contractors, they utilised a quantitative approach via a questionnaire survey. Lichtenstein et al (2013) focused on CSR performance by the sector, and Williams et al (2020) focused on the challenges only. These gaps will be filled in this present study.…”

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“…(2017),Sarpong (2017) andWilliams et al (2020) avowed that firms could improve performance by being socially responsible.…”

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Purpose Several organisations dedicate a portion of their budget and business websites to corporate social responsibility (CSR) events. This illustrates the significance attached to CSR events. In Ghana, a social disconnection may exist between the community and the construction sector. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the benefits of CSR in the construction industry, the implementation challenges and measures to enhance CSR in the Ghanaian built environment.Design/methodology/approach The qualitative technique was adopted using an extensive review of literature supported by structured interviews and analysed by context analysis. The participants include ministry and municipal directors, contractor associations, unions and institutions of engineers. The study achieved saturation.Findings Findings reveal that the construction industry’s CSR impacts the community’s social behaviour and has economic and environmental significance. The absence of government implementation policy and finance constraints were identified as Ghana’s major CSR implementation challenges. Also, besides the government instituting a mandatory policy on CSR in the industry, findings suggest that stakeholders, especially players in the industry and policymakers, should form an integral part of the CSR decisions.Practical implications Findings will support and recommend holistic measures to mitigate CSR implementation hindrances and encourage CSR via a central government's mandatory policy in the Ghanaian built environment.Originality/value Besides most studies used questionnaires, the contribution deduced shows that construction companies' management could use the knowledge from this study and involve all the relevant stakeholders when undertaking CSR activities. Also, the study would fill the scarcity of relevant materials concerning CSR in Ghanaian construction sector.

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Exploring enablers of health and safety knowledge transfer from construction companies to project host communities

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Assessing corporate social responsibility in South Africa’s built environment industry

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PurposeStudies showed that stakeholders want the construction sector’s organisations to be more accountable and transparent regarding social and environmental issues through corporate social responsibility (CSR). There is a paucity of literature regarding CSR implementation in the construction sector, especially in developing countries like South Africa. Hence, the study evaluated CSR’s merits and hindrances and suggested solutions to enhance its implementation in the South African construction sector of Mpumalanga Province.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers employed a questionnaire survey method to collect data from 68 useable respondents in the South African construction sector of Mpumalanga Province. The main section of the questionnaire was divided into three parts, each addressing an objective mean item score ranking technique.FindingsFindings show management lacks willingness, absence of recognition for implementing CSR at tender adjudication, professionals regard CSR as a “soft issue,” inadequate ability to carry out CSR initiatives and lax CSR knowledge emerged as the key issues hindering construction stakeholders, especially construction companies, from participating in CSR in South Africa. The research suggests initiatives to enhance CSR in the construction industry.Originality/valueThe study shows that the findings can be used to improve the implementation of CSR engagement and possibly enhance a policy to stimulate friendly CSR in the South African construction sector.

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Identification of Corporate Social Responsibility Challenges and Performance in the Ghanaian Construction Industry

Cited by 3 publications

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Investigating the barriers facing corporate social responsibility in the built environment: Ghana’s perspective from a qualitative approach

Investigating the barriers facing corporate social responsibility in the built environment: Ghana’s perspective from a qualitative approach

Exploring enablers of health and safety knowledge transfer from construction companies to project host communities

Assessing corporate social responsibility in South Africa’s built environment industry

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