The differential impact of substantive and symbolic CSR attribution on job satisfaction and turnover intention

Xin Chen, Eric Hansen, Jianfeng Cai and Jichang Xiao

Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 2023, vol. 32, issue 4, 1233-1246

Abstract: Employees have their own understandings of corporate social responsibility (CSR) motives. This study investigated whether employees' different perceptions of CSR motives, including substantive CSR attribution and symbolic CSR attribution, influence their work attitudes, job satisfaction, and turnover intention. Moreover, we explore the mediating role of person‐organization fit in the relationships among CSR attribution, job satisfaction, and turnover intention. We collected 687 responses for an overall response rate of 16%. The results of structural equation model (SEM) analyses show that substantive CSR attribution decreases employee turnover intention and that symbolic CSR attribution increases employee turnover intention. Based on these results, we provide relevant theoretical and managerial implications.

Date: 2023
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