Making Sense of Corporate Social Responsibility and Work.
Front Psychol. 2016; 7:443.FP

Abstract

Employees can be a driving force behind organizational corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, yet the vast majority of literature has focused on firm-level understanding and implementation of CSR. Recent literature that explores the relationship between employees and CSR has not investigated how employees conceive of their role in CSR. We propose that in order to understand the factors that affect employee engagement in CSR, we must first understand how employees conceptualize the phenomenon of CSR and how that conceptualisation fits into their work. Our exploratory, inductive study interviews two cohorts of employees, one in a not for profit and the other in a corporate organization, revealing stark contrasts in how the different cohorts conceptualize and engage in CSR, particularly with regards to how CSR contributes to meaningfulness at work. Implications for organizations are discussed.

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Seivwright AN

Centre for Social Impact, Business School, University of Western Australia, Crawley WA, Australia.

Unsworth KL

Organizational Behaviour, Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds Leeds, UK.

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

27047439

Citation

Seivwright, Ami N., and Kerrie L. Unsworth. "Making Sense of Corporate Social Responsibility and Work." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 7, 2016, p. 443.

Seivwright AN, Unsworth KL. Making Sense of Corporate Social Responsibility and Work. Front Psychol. 2016;7:443.

Seivwright, A. N., & Unsworth, K. L. (2016). Making Sense of Corporate Social Responsibility and Work. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 443. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00443

Seivwright AN, Unsworth KL. Making Sense of Corporate Social Responsibility and Work. Front Psychol. 2016;7:443. PubMed PMID: 27047439.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Making Sense of Corporate Social Responsibility and Work. AU - Seivwright,Ami N, AU - Unsworth,Kerrie L, Y1 - 2016/03/24/ PY - 2015/10/30/received PY - 2016/03/11/accepted PY - 2016/4/6/entrez PY - 2016/4/6/pubmed PY - 2016/4/6/medline KW - corporate social responsibility KW - employee behavior KW - job design KW - meaningfulness KW - organizational behavior SP - 443 EP - 443 JF - Frontiers in psychology JO - Front Psychol VL - 7 N2 - Employees can be a driving force behind organizational corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, yet the vast majority of literature has focused on firm-level understanding and implementation of CSR. Recent literature that explores the relationship between employees and CSR has not investigated how employees conceive of their role in CSR. We propose that in order to understand the factors that affect employee engagement in CSR, we must first understand how employees conceptualize the phenomenon of CSR and how that conceptualisation fits into their work. Our exploratory, inductive study interviews two cohorts of employees, one in a not for profit and the other in a corporate organization, revealing stark contrasts in how the different cohorts conceptualize and engage in CSR, particularly with regards to how CSR contributes to meaningfulness at work. Implications for organizations are discussed. SN - 1664-1078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/27047439/Making_Sense_of_Corporate_Social_Responsibility_and_Work_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -

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