Social Responsibility Journal

2005 - 2026

Current editor(s): Prof David Crowther

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2026, month October, vol 22

The magic wand of CSR assurance: managing legitimacy or signaling of transparency? pp. 1829-1852

Qing Hui, Xiaojie Wu and Jianyu Jin

2026, month June, vol 22

Human resource management digital technology response mechanism based on employee value proposition pp. 1358-1380

Yanping Yang

Driving sustainable performance: the role of corporate ethical and legal responsibility in fostering environmental and social performance pp. 1921-1939

Syed Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Shahid Tufail, Moazzam Latif, Yasir Iftikhar and Amir Shahzad

CSR as a strategic determinant of cash holdings: comparative evidence from an emerging market pp. 2041-2056

Asad Sultan and Hassan Mujtaba Nawaz Saleem

Going beyond: using business for peacebuilding in identity-based conflicts pp. 2057-2073

Wasseem Abaza

Invisible inclusion: an exploratory analysis of neurodiversity reporting practices in the most successful companies pp. 2074-2098

Jan van Rijswijk and Petru Lucian Curșeu

The dark-side effect of family management on corporate charitable donations in emerging markets: evidence from China pp. 2099-2114

Xialei You and Emma Su

2026, month May, vol 22

From choking to breathing: CEO’s early-life air pollution exposure and green innovation pp. 1960-1983

Yoonjin Kim and Junghoon Kim

The influence of online university education on the creation of sustainable businesses pp. 1984-2000

Pedro Aceituno Aceituno, Carlos Humberto Ruiz Freire, Shannon Kathleen Jones and María García de Blanes Sebastián

Gendered perspectives in European sustainability reporting standards feedback pp. 2020-2040

Esther Ortiz-Martínez, Salvador Marín-Hernández and Erekle Pirveli

Spring back into shape: how responsible artificial intelligence awareness enhances employees’ digital security resilience pp. 2115-2131

Trung Thanh Truong and Quyen Thi Chau Pham

2026, month April, vol 22

Shedding light on sustainability practices: analysing the effect of circular economy investment on controversy and reputation pp. 1405-1430

Lorenzo Turriziani, Anna Prisco, Irene Ricciardi and Martina Percuoco

Citizens’ CSR expectations and corporate financial reputation: the mediating role of reputation and trust pp. 1456-1477

Enkeleda Lulaj

Climate transparency under the lens: determinants of environmental disclosures in Indian banking pp. 1550-1570

Jyoti Singh, Meena Bhatia and Kirti Sharma

Understanding the role of simple packaging in affecting consumers’ intentions to purchase green cosmetic products pp. 1853-1867

Kian Yeik Koay and Nguyen Ngoc Dieu Hoang

Psychological antecedents of youth sustainability awareness: a multimethod investigation from an emerging economy pp. 1868-1889

Kavita Pabreja and Chhavi Gupta

Developing social sustainability reporting framework for manufacturing SMEs using ISM approach: an Indian perspective pp. 1890-1920

Deepak Ranjan, Manvendra Pratap Singh and Arpita Chakraborty

Political risk and ESG performance: the moderating role of green innovation pp. 1940-1959

Sameh Hachicha, Habib Jouber and Ines Chaabouni

Factors affecting consumers’ perceptions and behaviors toward apparel products made of recycled materials pp. 2001-2019

Xiao Tong and Jin Su

2026, month March, vol 22

Governance and management drivers of ESG-washing in the pharmaceutical industry: an empirical analysis pp. 1159-1177

Adriana Silva, Catarina Alexandra Neves Proença, Diana Dantas and Maria Elisabete Neves

Integrating organizational green culture and practices for sustainable performance in manufacturing companies: a PLS-SEM and ANN approach pp. 1181-1210

Siyu Chen, Ali Vafaei-Zadeh, Yulita Hanum P. Iskandar and Haniruzila Hanifah

Measuring the effects of engagement in online brand communities on sustainable brand perception along the triple bottom line pp. 1273-1293

Frederic Dreher and Tim Ströbel

Green transformational leadership and organizational sustainability: the role of green organizational learning capability (green absorptive capability and green transformative capability) pp. 1294-1313

Adem Ozdemir

The role of organizational citizenship behaviour in mediating the relationship between green leadership, green human resources management and sustainable business performance pp. 1381-1400

Hareendrakumar Vr, Anusha Issac and Amal Jishnu H M

Transparency or opacity? An analysis of luxury firms’ responses to seven years of Devoir de Vigilance mandatory sustainability risk reporting pp. 1431-1455

Candide Hammel, Claire Frances Lindsay and Marylyn Carrigan

Automaticity and sustainable pro-environmental behavior: habit theory perspective pp. 1478-1496

Geeta Marmat and Binit Patel

Linking green leadership and green human resource management to green work engagement: the mediating mechanism of environmental awareness pp. 1497-1513

Namira Siddique, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Ali Raza, Ahmad Usman Shahid and Anum Moazzam Siddiqui

The road to sustainability: environmental and psychological factors shaping Vietnamese students’ transportation decisions pp. 1514-1531

Le Thi My Danh and Trinh Ngoc Quy

Socio-economic determinants and barriers of financial inclusion: evidence from Jordan pp. 1532-1549

Mohammad Al-Masaeid, Samra Maqbool, Hafiz Muhammad Ihsan Zafeer and Sufyan Maqbool

Burning issues within the ignored voices: climate awareness in the Ghanaian marginalised communities pp. 1571-1588

Anthony Nkrumah Agyabeng

The micro-foundations of socially responsible leadership: an exploratory study among for-profit managers pp. 1589-1603

Udayan Dhar and Melissa Intindola

2026, month February, vol 22

The hidden sources of CO 2: how growth, technology and energy shape environmental responsibility in the G7 pp. 1060-1078

Alper Aslan and Baki Özsolak

Determinants of the development of corporate social responsibility practices in Pacific Alliance banks pp. 1211-1230

Leidy Katerine Rojas-Molina, Jose A. Perez-Lopez and María Soledad Campos Lucena

Sustainability meets humanity: ESG and employee well-being in Chinese firms pp. 1251-1272

Yousif Abdelbagi Abdalla, Adam Yahya Jafeel, M. Azhar Hussain and Ibrahim Elsiddig Ahmed

Sustainability paradoxes in organizational reporting: a multilevel perspective pp. 1314-1338

Izabela Leite Ribeiro Guimaraes, Rosamaria Moura-Leite, Adriane Queiroz, Simone Sehnem, Erlaine Binotto, Geraldino Carneiro de Araújo, Fabricia GFS Gladys Rossato and Andres Susaeta

Integrating circular economy and frugal innovation for social inclusion: a multi-case study pp. 1339-1357

Paulo Feitosa, Maria Clara Chinen Oliveira, Elvia Florencio Torres Ximenes and Roberta Souza Piao

2026, month January, vol 22

When fairness prevails: unpacking the mediating mechanism linking corporate social responsibility, hotel employees’ quality of work life and well-being pp. 551-572

Wanyu Mou, S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh and Stephanie Hui-Wen Chuah

Investigating the interrelationship between corporate social innovation and sustainable corporate social responsibility: unraveling the intricate web of mediation pp. 634-663

Trilochana Dash and Chandan Kumar Sahoo

Effects of green HRM practices on environmental performance: the role of green organisational citizenship behaviour, psychological green climate, and green self-efficacy for greening healthcare organisations pp. 725-759

Masum Miah, Fatema Jannat, Jason Turner, Virág Walter and Gábor Szabó-Szentgróti

Inclusive economic growth in Africa: insights from inclusiveness matrix, social mobility curve, and spatial approach pp. 760-788

Opeoluwa Adeniyi Adeosun

Between global standards and local realities: rethinking ESG integration in the Tunisian context pp. 804-822

Tarek Ben Noamene

Corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability of listed SMEs in China: the mediating role of corporate growth pp. 823-840

Wanze Li, Zaini Embong, Norman bin Mohd Saleh and Maizatulakma Abdullah

Exploring the sustainability perspective in the apparel purchase decision of customers: a qualitative study pp. 841-854

Neerja Arora and Sartaj Chaudhary

Traditional craft and sustainable development: a study on Indian craft pp. 855-875

Shubham Anand, Rajendra M. Sonar and Karuna Jain

CSR communication, social media and consumer engagement: evidence from the airline industry pp. 876-901

Mohamed Hamdoun, Mansour Alraja and Andrea Pérez

Individual purpose in life and entrepreneurial self-efficacy: two antecedents to social entrepreneurship intention among refugees in Lebanon pp. 902-918

Chérine Jneid

Beyond the façade: a critical examination of corporate social responsibility strategic uses pp. 919-943

Raed Awashreh

Corporate social responsibility and idiosyncratic volatility: a dynamic approach with environmental, social and governance considerations pp. 944-962

Burak Pirgaip, Ömer Tuğsal Doruk, Hasan Murat Ertuğrul and Ahmet Yasir Barak

The politics of social responsibility after neoliberalism: a public policy perspective pp. 965-979

Adrian Kay

A serial mediation model for destination brand equity in a destination social responsibility context pp. 980-1004

Huy Van Le, Nhi Thao Ho-Mai, Vinh Trung Tran, Hue Kim Thi Nguyen, Vien Ky Nguyen, Thanh Hoai Thi Doan and Phuong Kim Thi Tran

How personal values motivate secondhand clothes donation: the case of Gen Z and young millennials pp. 1005-1024

Halimin Herjanto, Roberto Saldivar and Jennifer Yang

Visualisation within sustainability reports: insights from a stigmatisedindustry company pp. 1025-1038

Irshad Ali, Sabrina Chong, Anil Narayan and Ajantha Velayutham

Who should communicate CSR activities to consumers? NGO partnership and company CSR reputation as determinants pp. 1039-1059

Claudia Aguirre, Mariola Palazon, Salvador Ruiz- de-Maya and Augusto Rodriguez Orejuela

Business ethics versus corporate corruption risk and CO 2 emission disclosure: the moderating role of green innovation pp. 1079-1100

Abdelhakim Ben Ali and Salim Chouaibi

Climate mitigation in practice: the interplay between green innovation, renewable energy investment, natural resource rent and urbanization pp. 1101-1121

Mousumi Ghosh and Manvendra Pratap Singh

Happy employees, innovative firms: unpacking the micro-level CSR link through a generalized structured component analysis approach pp. 1122-1145

Mei Peng Low and Paulo Duarte

Changing contexts of common and collective in goodness, a continuing thread in socio-economic-ecological thought in the triple bottom-line for sustainability pp. 1146-1158

Muthu Krishna V.

Sustainable sourcing and selling: circular economy dynamics in the informal second-hand clothing market pp. 1231-1250

Syam Kumar

2026, month November

The impact of corporate social responsibility on inventory management: empirical evidence from China’s A-sector enterprises pp. 1-19

Umar Farooq, Mosab I. Tabash, Khurshid Khudoykulov, To’lqin Teshabayev and Lara Al-Hadded

Responsible entrepreneurship, safety involvement, prohibitive safety voice and employee safety participation in a developing economy: a serial model pp. 1-18

Moses Ahomka Yeboah and Benedicta Bediako

Critical success factors for sustainable packaging adoption in fresh and short food supply chains: evidence from a qualitative study pp. 1-23

Alka Rai, Vishal Singh Patyal and Sudhir Ambekar

How social media exposure affects second-hand clothing purchase intentions: a combined application of PLS-SEM and NCA pp. 1-15

Kian Yeik Koay, Mei Xuan Liew, David Tek, Mei Kei Leong, Zu Qian Ong and Chin Chuan Gan

The mediating role of trust: how CSR practices influence the behavioral intentions of hotel guests in Egypt’s Red Sea pp. 1-25

Radwa Gamal

Corporate social irresponsibility unleashed: igniting brand hate and betrayal to fuel negative eWOM pp. 1-16

Davood Ghorbanzadeh, Abdelkader Mohamed Elsayed, Nodir Karimov, Stefani Chandra, K.D.V. Prasad and Hitmi Khalifa Alhitmi

2026, month October

Circular communities in the fashion industry: a participatory action research study of community-based clothing swaps pp. 1-18

Krisztina Szegedi, Cecilia Szigeti and Zsuzsanna Győri

Responsible consumption and identity-based legitimacy in sustainable EV adoption pp. 1-19

Thanh-Sang Nguyen, Minh Khoi Tran Le and Gia Linh Huynh Nguyen

The role of social media use in closing the attitude-behaviour gap: evaluating Facebook and Instagram users pp. 1-16

Euodia Isabella Botha and Yolanda Jordaan

Embedded corporate social responsibility in small informal firms in Indonesia pp. 1-15

Augendra Bhukuth, Jerome Ballet and Ani Wulandari

Financial inclusion and threshold effects in environmental degradation through energy poverty: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1-15

Mohamed Ali Mahmoudi and Foued Badr Gabsi

Social Circularity Index: integrating circular economy practices into the social pillar of ESG for EU and Asian SMEs pp. 1-14

Nikolay Lustov

CEO power and corporate social responsibility: are the strengths and concerns of CSR significant? pp. 1-14

Yasser Rezaei Pitenoei and Seyed Mohammad Moshashaei

Understanding green IT practices among university students: a norm activation and attitude–behavior–context approach pp. 1-20

Kriti Priya Gupta and Shouryaa Sharma

Leading responsibly, performing sustainably: examining strategic pathways to corporate environmental performance pp. 1-20

Muhammad Ruhul Amin, Leonel Prieto and Arman Canatay

Mediating role of green competitive advantage in the relationship between green product innovation and firms’ sustainable performance pp. 1-20

Md Johirul Islam, Raemah Abdullah Hashim, Sazali Abd Wahab and Mohammad Islam Biswas

2026, month September

From pink ribbons to pinkwashing: beneficiary-design fit and CSR authenticity pp. 1-18

Emily Lean, Amye Melton, Lauren Pate, Courtney Jankowski, Vikkie McCarthy and Terry Damron

Stakeholder engagement in sustainable business: insights from sustainability managers and leaders pp. 1-25

Marinka Lanne, Marileena Mäkelä and Katariina Palomäki

Branding the green games: discursive power and communicative inequality in Olympic sponsorship narratives pp. 1-22

Wei Ding

Cognitive and normative drivers of sustainable consumption among young consumers in smart retailing environments pp. 1-19

Rachit Shrivastava, Emil Velinov and Tomas Kincl

2026, month July

Principled resilience in NGOs: a values-driven conceptual framework for sustaining mission integrity amid paradox and uncertainty pp. 1-20

Erhan Atay

Sustainability policies and attendee satisfaction in festivals: evaluating the impact of green practices pp. 1-18

Ana Pinto Borges, Ozen Kirant Yozcu, Elvira Vieira, Margarida Rodrigues and Mário Franco

Investigating corporate water information as a human right: the role of firm- and country-level factors pp. 1-26

Malisa Salsabila, Desi Adhariani, Mahfud Sholihin, Iman Harymawan and Noor Adwa Sulaiman