Corporate Social Responsibility learning in a highly turbulent national context: some evidence from the post-2011 Tunisia

Petia Koleva and Amel Ben Rhouma ()
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Petia Koleva: LADYSS - Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Amel Ben Rhouma: LADYSS - Laboratoire Dynamiques Sociales et Recomposition des Espaces - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UP8 - Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - UPD7 - Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This paper explores the link between changes in the socio-political context of Tunisia after 2011 and CSR learning. The findings are based upon an in-depth empirical study of 28 CSR actors (big companies, supporting structures, experts, associations and civil society representatives). It appears that companies' adaptation to the new context took the form of a double-loop, constructivist CSR learning. The transformation from informal practices to more explicit forms of management and the change in the weight attributed to various CSR components (environmental, social and governance) are the main features of this adaptation. These developments are the result of individual, group and organizational learning, driven by institutional entrepreneurs.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; learning process; institutional entrepreneurship; transition; Tunisia; Responsabilité sociale des entreprises; apprentissage; entrepreneuriat institutionnel; Tunisie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in International Social Sciences and Management Journal, 2019

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