Document Type
Article
Abstract
Studies linking religion to CSR have produced conflicting findings due to a failure to draw distinctions among religious influences and different CSR practices, and to theorize their connection. Drawing on social identity theory and the theory of planned behavior, we first argue that religion will influence CSR when ethical values from a CEO’s religious social identification resonate with an aspect of CSR. Second, CEO attitudes congruent with those values and forms of CSR—interpersonal empathy and proactiveness—will strengthen that relationship. Third, the relationship between religious social identification and CSR will be strengthened by a CEO’s ability to enact CSR policies, a function of personal and firm market power. Our research on 270 CEOs from 242 publicly traded US firms from 2007 to 2020 supports these relationships.
Publication Title
Journal of Business Ethics
Publication Date
2024
ISSN
0167-4544
DOI
10.1007/s10551-024-05650-x
Keywords
CEO religious identification, corporate social responsibility, social identity theory, theory of planned behavior
Repository Citation
Le Breton-Miller, Isabelle; Miller, Danny; Tang, Zhenyang; and Xu, Xiaowei, "CEO Religion and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Socio-behavioral Model" (2024). School of Business. 214.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_school_of_management/214
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