How changes in work structure influence employees’ perceptions of CSR: millionaire managers and locked-out laborers
| Autor: | Jessica M. Rick, Emily A. Paskewitz, Amy O'Connor, Derek A. Jorgenson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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business.industry
Communication media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Stakeholder 050801 communication & media studies Secondary data Public relations Language and Linguistics 0508 media and communications Work (electrical) Reciprocity (social psychology) Perception 0502 economics and business Corporate social responsibility Business Set (psychology) Social responsibility 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Communication Research. 44:40-59 |
| ISSN: | 1479-5752 0090-9882 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00909882.2015.1116706 |
| Popis: | Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is widely understood as the various activities corporations engage in to meet stakeholder demands and demonstrate fit in society. Often employees are positioned as the beneficiaries of corporate largesse and worker recruitment and retention are offered as rationale for CSR activities. The voice of the employee, however, is noticeably missing from the CSR literature. This study uses a case study approach to explore how locked-out union workers define CSR. We conducted 51 semi-structured interviews and analyzed 27 secondary data sources. The results suggest that workers fuse together economic and ethical responsibilities to develop a portrait of their employer's CSR. Workers defined CSR as an economic/ethical responsibility that is intimately tied to a set of explicitly and implicitly communicated values. Our analysis exposed four additional dimensions that informed employees’ understanding of CSR: reciprocity, fair treatment, economic justice, and organizationa... |
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