CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN QATARI FIRMS
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Mar 1, 2016
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This preliminary study explores the level of adoption of CSR activitiesin Qatari firms. Moreover, it examines the relationship between corporate socialresponsibility and organizational performance. The data gathered from Qataricompanies. In particular, data consisted of 38 completed questionnaires gatheredfrom managers who are in charge of CSR activities in the company. Descriptivestatistics provided. In addition, PLS software used in order to test the hypothesizedrelationship between CSR activities and organizational performance. The mainresults reveal that the average spending on CSR amongst the surveyed companiesis more than 1 million Qatari Riyals annually. Moreover, there are above averageemphasis on all CSR activities in the Qatari companies. Finally, as a preliminarystudy, the results of the direct relationship analysis indicated no significantrelationship for the relationship between all CSR activities and organizationalperformance, except for the CSR-government and organizational performancelink.
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Corporate social responsibilityorganizational performanceQatar
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• Bai, X., & Chang, J. (2015). Corporate social responsibility and firm performance: The mediating role of marketing competence and the moderating role of market environment. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 32 (2), 505-530.
• Cho, M.-H., (1998). Ownership structure, investment, and the corporate value: an empirical analysis. Journal of Financial Economics 47, 103–121.
• Dahlsrud, A. (2008). How corporate social responsibility is defined: an analysis of 37 definitions. Corp. Soc. Responsible. Environ. Mgmt., 15, 1–13. DOI:10.1002/csr.132
• Davidson, W. N. and Worrell L. D (1990) A Comparison and Test of the Use of Accounting and Stock Market Data in Relating Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance’, Akron Business and Economic Review 21, 7–19.
• Delaney J. and Huselid M. (1996). The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on Perceptions of Organizational Performance.Academy of Management Journal, 39 (4), 949-969
• Fonseca, L., Ferro, R. (2016). Does it pay to be Social Responsible? Portuguese SMEs feedback. Intangible Capital, 12 (2), 487-505
• Gallego, I. (2006). The use of economic, social and environmental indicators as a measure of sustainable development in Spain. Corp. Soc. Responsible. Environ. Mgmt, 13, 78–97.DOI:10.1002/csr.94
• Goodhue, D., Lewis, W., Thompson, R. (2006). PLS small sample size and statistical power in MIS research, the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Kauai, Hawaii.
• Graves, S. and Waddock, S. (1994). Institutional Owners and Corporate Social Performance, Academy of Management Journal 37, 1034–1046.DOI: 10.2307/256611.
• Griffin, J. and J. Mahon: 1997, ‘The Corporate Social Performance and Corporate Financial Performance Debate: Twenty-five Years of Incomparable Research’, Business & Society 36,5–31. DOI: 10.1177/000765039703600102.
• Jamali, D. (2008). A Stakeholder Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility: A Fresh Perspective into Theory and Practice. Journal of Business Ethics, 82, 213–231.
• Jamali, D., Mirshak, R. (2007). Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Theory and Practice in a Developing Country Context. Journal of Business Ethics, 72:243–262.
• Kelley, K., & Maxwell, S. E. (2003). Sample size for multiple regression: Obtaining regression coefficients that are accurate, not simply significant. Psychological Methods, 8, 305-321.DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.8.3.305
• Khandwalla, P. (1977). The Design of Organizations, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, NY.
• Kolk, A. (2003). Trends in sustainability reporting by the Fortune Global 250. Business Strategy and the Environment, 12, (5), 279–291.DOI:10.1002/bse.370
• Lu, W. M., Wang, W. K., & Lee, H. L. (2013). The relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate performance: evidence from the US semiconductor industry. International Journal of Production Research, 51(19), 5683-5695.
• Luethge, D., & Guohong Han, H. (2012). Assessing corporate social and financial performance in China. Social Responsibility Journal, 8(3), 389-403.
• Maignan, I., and Ralston, D. (2002) Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe and the U.S.: Insights from Businesses’ Self-Presentations.Journal of International Business Studies, 33:497–514.
• Maon, F., Lindgreen, A., and Swaen, V. (2009). Designing and implementing corporate social responsibility: an integrative framework grounded in theory and practice, Journal of Business Ethics, 87, (1), 71-89.
• Margolis, J.D. and Walsh, J.P. (2003). Misery loves companies: social initiatives by business. Administrative Science Quarterly, (48), 268–305.
• McGuire, J. B., A. Sundgren and T. Schneeweis: (1988). Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Financial Performance, Academy of Management Journal 31, 854–872. DOI:10.2307/256342.
• O’Donohue, W., & Torugsa, N. (Ann). (2016). The moderating effect of “Green” HRM on the association between proactive environmental management and financial performance in small firms. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27(2), 239–261.
• Orlitzky, M. (2001). Does Firm Size Confound the Relationship between Corporate Social Performance and Firm Financial Performance? Journal of Business Ethics, 33(2), 167-180. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25074599
• Pava, M. L. & Krausz, J. (1995). Corporate responsibility and financial performance: The paradox of social cost. Westport, CT: Quorum.
• Preston, L. (1978). Research in Corporate Social Performance and Policy (Jai Press, Greenwich, CT)
• Rettab, B., Brik, A. B., & Mellahi, K. (2009). A study of management perceptions of the impact of corporate social responsibility on organizational performance in emerging economies: the case of Dubai,Journal of Business Ethics, 89 (3), 371-390.
• Robertson, D.C. & Nicholson, N. (1996). Expressions of corporate social responsibility in U.K. firms, Journal of Business Ethics, 15 (10), 1095-1106. DOI:10.1007/BF00412050.
• Spencer, B. A. and Taylor, G. S (1987). A Within and Between Analysis of the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance, Akron Business and Economic Review 18, 7–18.
• Tang, Z., Hull, C. E., & Rothenberg, S. (2012). How corporate social responsibility engagement strategy moderates the CSR–financial performance relationship. Journal of Management Studies, 49(7), 1274-1303.
• Turker D (2009). Measuring corporate social responsibility: a scale development study”, Journal of Business Research, 85, 411–427.
• Valmohammadi, C. (2014). Impact of corporate social responsibility practices on organizational performance: an ISO 26000 perspective.Social Responsibility Journal, 10(3), 455-479.
• Wood, D. (1991). Corporate Social Performance Revisited”, Academy of Management Review,16, 691-718.
• Wright, P. and Ferris, S. (1997) Agency Conflict and Corporate Strategy: The Effect of Divestment on Corporate Value, Strategic Management Journal 18, 77–83. DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199701)18:1<77:: AID-SMJ810>3.0.CO;2-R.
• Zhu, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2012). A Comparative Case Study on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) between SMEs and MNCs.
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Obeidat, Shatha M., Anas A. Al Bakri, Dalia A. Farrag, and Bader A. Al-Esmael. 2016. “CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A PRELIMINARY STUDY IN QATARI FIRMS”. Studies in Business and Economics 19 (1). https://doi.org/10.29117/sbe.2016.0094.
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