The Relationships among Social, Environmental, Economic CSR Practices and Digitalization in Polish Energy Companies

Anna Chwiłkowska-Kubala, Szymon Cyfert, Kamila Malewska, Katarzyna Mierzejewska and Witold Szumowski
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Anna Chwiłkowska-Kubala: Department of Organization and Management Theory, Poznań University of Economics and Business, al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
Szymon Cyfert: Department of Organization and Management Theory, Poznań University of Economics and Business, al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
Kamila Malewska: Department of Organization and Management Theory, Poznań University of Economics and Business, al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
Katarzyna Mierzejewska: Department of Organization and Management Theory, Poznań University of Economics and Business, al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
Witold Szumowski: Department of Organization and Management Theory, Wrocław University of Economics and Business, ul. Komandorska 118/120, 53-345 Wrocław, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 22, 1-20

Abstract: This paper explores relationships among CSR practices in the social, economic and environmental dimensions and digitization in the Polish energy companies. The study used the CATI method, and the data obtained from 110 companies was analyzed using a set of methods starting with correlation analysis, through regression analysis, including backward stepwise regression. Obtained results led to the formulation of SEM (Structural Equitation Modelling) model that has been tested. Results confirm the influence of social CSR practices on practices in economics and environmental CSR dimensions and on the level of digitalization. Research also suggests that there is essentially no significant impact of the size of the enterprise on the level of digitalization, as well as on any of the analyzed types of CSR practices.

Keywords: CSR; social practices; economic practices; environmental practices; digitalization; energy sector companies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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