Research on the social responsibility performance and its contributing factors to multinational corporations in China

Huating Zhou, Yuwei Hou and Hong Wang

Social Responsibility Journal, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 405-426

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the social responsibility performance’s current situation, influencing factors and mechanisms of multinational companies (MNCs) in China. The paper is based on the MNC’s social responsibility performance factors to find some relevant reasons for unsatisfied performance and on the multiple perspectives such as institutional distance and stakeholders, to provide feasible solutions for MNCs to assume civic responsibility and the high-quality development of the host country. Design/methodology/approach - The study uses general literature review and empirical analysis to analyze the way and degree of various factors which are affecting the social responsibility of MNC in China, and supplements the deficiencies of previous studies. Findings - The paper reveals the influencing factors and mechanisms of MNCs’ social responsibility in China through the regression results. In addition, based on Research Report on Corporate Social Responsibility of China (Huanget al., 2013/2019), the paper also summarizes the performance and dynamic changes of MNCs social responsibility in the Chinese market in the past decade. Originality/value - The paper enriches research on the social responsibility of MNCs in the background of non-western countries, dynamically describes the performance of MNCs’ responsibilities in a 10-year span and solves the problem of inconsistent research conclusions caused by too long time span. The paper also creates the “local enterprise responsibility level” to quantify the development of the host country’s responsibility, and identifies the “responsibility demonstration effect” of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises.

Keywords: CSR; MNC; Contributing factors; Stakeholder; Institutional theory; Demonstration effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-10-2022-0437

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