Corporate Social Responsibility in Construction: A Critical Review on Research

Weiyan Jiang () and Johnny K. W. Wong ()
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Weiyan Jiang: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Johnny K. W. Wong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Chapter Chapter 100 in Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, 2015, pp 1195-1206 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has drawn closer attention than before from both practitioners and academics in the past decades. This has given rise to a plethora of CSR studies published in academic journals. The richness in CSR publications in return makes it possible to rethink CSR research from a general sense to a specific angle. Through a thorough literature review, the themes of CSR studies in general were first identified. The subject of “CSR in construction” (C-CSR) was then examined by placing the general themes in the construction research area. To this end, research methods including content analysis and documentary analysis were adopted. The results indicate that C-CSR research has a couple of gaps concerning how to make it effective in practices. The agenda of C-CSR research is also discussed. Findings of the research identify a road towards a more systematic and specific C-CSR research in the future.

Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; CSR implementation; Construction industry; Research gap (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-46994-1_100

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