Stakeholder Influences and MNC Subsidiaries’ CSR Under Institutional Voids: An Empirical Examination of International Service Enterprises in Korea

Taewoo Roh (), Shufeng Xiao (), Byung Il Park () and Ana M. Romero-Martínez ()
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Taewoo Roh: Hanyang University
Shufeng Xiao: Sookmyung Women’s University
Byung Il Park: College of Business, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Ana M. Romero-Martínez: Complutense University of Madrid

Management International Review, 2025, vol. 65, issue 3, No 4, 487-512

Abstract: Abstract This study aims to examine the relationship between stakeholder influence and multinational corporation (MNC) subsidiaries’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) in local markets. It also attempts to identify how institutional voids moderate the effects of stakeholder pressure on strategic CSR. By collecting data from 138 service MNCs operating in South Korea, this study reveals a positive relationship between primary stakeholder pressure and strategic CSR. Moreover, it identifies that secondary stakeholder pressure positively influences a firm’s responsive CSR. Additionally, an institutional void in a host market plays a significant moderating role in the strategic CSR of service MNCs affected by primary and secondary stakeholder pressure. Our findings provide insight into the importance of service MNCs identifying the specific type of CSR demanded by primary and secondary stakeholders and the extent of the institutional voids in a host market. These findings offer several theoretical and practical implications for stakeholder and institutional theories within the international business literature.

Keywords: Stakeholder; Service multinational corporations; Corporate social responsibility; Institutional voids; Korea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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