Sustainability in Organizations: Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility and Spanish Employees’ Attitudes and Behaviors

Sergio Pérez, Samuel Fernández-Salinero and Gabriela Topa
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Sergio Pérez: Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, National Distance Education University, UNED, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Samuel Fernández-Salinero: Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, National Distance Education University, UNED, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Gabriela Topa: Department of Social and Organizational Psychology, National Distance Education University, UNED, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-15

Abstract: The fields of psychology of sustainability and sustainable development have been recently highlighted by their contributions to employee’s wellbeing in organizations. The present study is aimed to empirically explore the relationship between perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility of IBEX 35 (Spanish Exchange Index) companies’ employees, and their attitudes and behaviors. The relationship between the employees’ perception of Corporate Social Responsibility of the IBEX 35 companies with their job satisfaction and Organizational citizenships behaviors is empirically analyzed. The sample includes 600 employees of the IBEX 35 companies. The results supported that the three dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) perceived by the workers are different from each other, and that they are related positively, and significantly, with their job satisfaction, the Organizational Citizenships Behaviors oriented to the company and to other co-workers. We found that two dimensions of perceived CSR—sustainable economic development, and environmental protection—have a greater impact, whereas the CSR of social equity has an almost null explanatory power, compared to the other two dimensions. The study contributions will link the Firms’ CSR activities with the degree of wellbeing of employees: Relationships that become essential when designing companies’ products and/or services.

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; attitudes; behavior; job satisfaction; Organizational Citizenships Behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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