Translating Corporate
Social
Responsibility into
Action
: A
Social
Learning Perspective
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Translating Corporate
Social
Responsibility into
Action
: A
Social
Learning Perspective
Autor:
Tekleab, Amanuel G.
;
Reagan, Paul M.
;
Do, Boram
;
Levi, Ariel
;
Lichtman, Cary
Assuntos:
Business and Management
;
Business Ethics
;
Compliance
;
Education
;
Ethics
;
Leader-member exchange
;
Learning
;
Management
;
Motivation
;
Original Paper
;
Philosophy
;
Prosocial behavior
;
Quality of Life Research
;
Rewards
;
Social
learning
;
Social
responsibility
É parte de:
Journal of business ethics, 2021-07, Vol.171 (4), p.741-756
Descrição:
Interest in the microfoundations of corporate
social
responsibility (CSR) has grown over the past decade. In this study, we draw on
social
learning theory to examine the effects of prosocial leaders on followers’ motivation to engage in CSR practices, and consequently on their CSR performance. Further drawing from
social
learning theory, we propose that followers’ trait compliance and leader-member exchange moderate the above relationships by affecting the conceptual mechanisms of
social
rewards and role-modeling motives. We tested our hypotheses with data from a sample of 138 employees (i.e., followers) who were responsible for implementing an organization-initiated CSR practice. Our results showed that among followers who were high in trait compliance, leaders’ prosocial motivation was positively associated with followers' CSR motivation. In addition, followers’ CSR motivation was positively related to their objective CSR performance when they had a high-quality relationship with their leaders. Our findings advance our understanding of the conditions under which leaders will be more versus less influential on followers’ motivation and engagement in CSR activities. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our results.
Editor:
Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
Idioma:
Inglês