Element Matching and Configuration Path of Corporate Social Responsibility Performance

Dongsheng Zhang, Hongwei Wang and Xiangshan Jin
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Dongsheng Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Hongwei Wang: School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China
Xiangshan Jin: School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-18

Abstract: With rapid progress in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) theories and the up-gradation of the global market information disclosure system, enterprises have increased their attention toward relevant stakeholders and social responsibility. CSR exerts a substantial impact on the sustainable development of enterprises and markets in the economic and social fields. On the one hand, the increasingly perfect supporting facilities promote the financial growth of the entire society. While on the other hand, the profit-seeking trend of capital is also on the rise. The incongruity between the rapid progress of enterprises and the lack of social responsibility limits the benign development of the market. This study discusses the antecedents of CSR from the variable combination perspective using the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. It also investigates which combination of characteristics has better CSR performance. After the configuration analysis, it is identified that four paths lead to high CSR performance. These include the market-developed type, political link type, financial performance type, and state-owned enterprise subsidy type, and the level of each type is explained in-depth. Finally, this study provides management inspiration for the government and enterprises to formulate a sound social responsibility strategy and improve CSR performance by optimizing the matching of CSR activities and business objectives.

Keywords: corporate social responsibility (CSR); CSR performance; fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA); element matching; configuration path (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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