The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election
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Data de Publicação: | 2017 |
Tipo de documento: | Dissertação |
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
Texto Completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10071/15098 |
Resumo: | Following many scandals and corruption cases among political class, business managers have been emerging as potential political actors, with a perceived ability to participate in political decision-making processes, which affects a determined community. Previous research has been considering engagement in CSR as a political strategy adopted by organizations, resulting on a new concept linked to this idea: Political CSR. More specifically, the Habermasian perspective of political CSR assumes that organizations engage in these practices in order to obtain political legitimacy, i.e., the right to be obeyed. Based on a sample of 220 participants, this study aims to provide a quantitative measure of political CSR, which is lacking in the literature, regarding the Habermasian perspective. In this sense, this study tests the extent to which engagement in CSR practices reflects on business managers’ political legitimacy. It also seeks to know if attributed business managers’ political skill affects CSR engagement and individual political legitimacy. Results show that engagement in specific CSR practices, namely towards community members plus nature and volunteering issues, as well as towards organizations’ employees, build business managers’ political legitimacy. Additionally, business managers’ political skill plays an important role since it facilitates the adoption of an effective political strategy, in this case, CSR. |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without electionCSRPolitical CSRCorporate political activityPolitical legitimacyPsicologia socialResponsabilidade social das empresasAtividade políticaAnálise corporativaResponsabilidade políticaFollowing many scandals and corruption cases among political class, business managers have been emerging as potential political actors, with a perceived ability to participate in political decision-making processes, which affects a determined community. Previous research has been considering engagement in CSR as a political strategy adopted by organizations, resulting on a new concept linked to this idea: Political CSR. More specifically, the Habermasian perspective of political CSR assumes that organizations engage in these practices in order to obtain political legitimacy, i.e., the right to be obeyed. Based on a sample of 220 participants, this study aims to provide a quantitative measure of political CSR, which is lacking in the literature, regarding the Habermasian perspective. In this sense, this study tests the extent to which engagement in CSR practices reflects on business managers’ political legitimacy. It also seeks to know if attributed business managers’ political skill affects CSR engagement and individual political legitimacy. Results show that engagement in specific CSR practices, namely towards community members plus nature and volunteering issues, as well as towards organizations’ employees, build business managers’ political legitimacy. Additionally, business managers’ political skill plays an important role since it facilitates the adoption of an effective political strategy, in this case, CSR.Na sequência de vários escândalos e casos de corrupção na classe política, os gestores empresariais têm surgido como potenciais atores políticos, com a capacidade percebida de participação nos processos de decisão política, que afetam uma determinada comunidade. A investigação tem aceite que as práticas de responsabilidade social (RSO) podem ser uma estratégia política adotada pelas organizações, resultando num novo conceito: a responsabilidade social política. Mais especificamente, a perspetiva Habermasiana da RSO política assume que as organizações envolvem-se neste tipo de atividade para obter legitimidade política, ou seja, o direito a serem obedecidas. Com base numa amostra de 220 participantes, este estudo procura facultar uma medida quantitativa de RSO política, que está em falta na literatura, e com base na perspetiva Habermasiana. Neste sentido, o estudo testa em que medida o envolvimento em práticas de RSO se reflete na legitimidade política dos gestores empresariais. Também procura identificar em que medida a competência política reconhecida nos gestores está associada ao envolvimento na RSO e na legitimidade política individual. Os resultados mostram que as práticas de RSO focadas na comunidade, natureza e voluntariado bem como as focadas nos empregados contribuem para construir a legitimidade política dos gestores. Em acréscimo, a competência política dos gestores desempenha um papel importante ao facilitar a adoção de estratégias políticas eficazes, neste caso, de RSO.2018-02-05T12:55:24Z2017-11-21T00:00:00Z2017-11-212017-09info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfapplication/octet-streamhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/15098TID:201769239engPereira, Andreia Filipa Borgesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:56:09Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/15098Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:28:45.128435Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election Pereira, Andreia Filipa Borges CSR Political CSR Corporate political activity Political legitimacy Psicologia social Responsabilidade social das empresas Atividade política Análise corporativa Responsabilidade política |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election |
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The power of CSR: how business managers can hold office without election |
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Pereira, Andreia Filipa Borges |
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Pereira, Andreia Filipa Borges |
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Pereira, Andreia Filipa Borges |
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CSR Political CSR Corporate political activity Political legitimacy Psicologia social Responsabilidade social das empresas Atividade política Análise corporativa Responsabilidade política |
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CSR Political CSR Corporate political activity Political legitimacy Psicologia social Responsabilidade social das empresas Atividade política Análise corporativa Responsabilidade política |
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Following many scandals and corruption cases among political class, business managers have been emerging as potential political actors, with a perceived ability to participate in political decision-making processes, which affects a determined community. Previous research has been considering engagement in CSR as a political strategy adopted by organizations, resulting on a new concept linked to this idea: Political CSR. More specifically, the Habermasian perspective of political CSR assumes that organizations engage in these practices in order to obtain political legitimacy, i.e., the right to be obeyed. Based on a sample of 220 participants, this study aims to provide a quantitative measure of political CSR, which is lacking in the literature, regarding the Habermasian perspective. In this sense, this study tests the extent to which engagement in CSR practices reflects on business managers’ political legitimacy. It also seeks to know if attributed business managers’ political skill affects CSR engagement and individual political legitimacy. Results show that engagement in specific CSR practices, namely towards community members plus nature and volunteering issues, as well as towards organizations’ employees, build business managers’ political legitimacy. Additionally, business managers’ political skill plays an important role since it facilitates the adoption of an effective political strategy, in this case, CSR. |
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