Firms’ adoption of CSR initiatives and employees’ organizational commitment: Organizational CSR climate and employees’ CSR-induced attributions as mediators

Yi-Ting Lin, Nien-Chi Liu and Ji-Wei Lin

Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 140, issue C, 626-637

Abstract: Using a multilevel cognitive approach, this study elaborates how firms’ adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives influences employees’ organizational commitment. This study integrates both strategic human resource management (SHRM) and attribution theory to explain the cognitive process by which objective CSR initiatives work as social cues to initially shape a firm’s organizational CSR climate, which then affects individuals’ explanations of the motives behind CSR initiatives (i.e., CSR-induced attributions). Finally, employees’ CSR-induced attributions will influence employees’ organizational commitment. Data were drawn from survey and archival data and were collected in two waves. A multilevel structural equation modeling (MSEM) analysis of data collected from 474 employees of 25 firms supported most of our hypotheses. The results revealed that organizational CSR climate and employees’ CSR-induced intrinsic attribution could serially mediate the relationship between firms’ CSR adoption and employees’ organizational commitment. Theoretical and managerial implications are also discussed.

Keywords: CSR initiatives; Organizational CSR climate; CSR-induced attributions; Organizational commitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.11.028

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