| Title | Modeling influence mechanism of factors on corporate social responsibility implementation: evidence from Chinese construction firms |
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| ID_Doc | 75888 |
| Authors | Zhang, Q; Oo, BL; Lim, BTH |
| Title | Modeling influence mechanism of factors on corporate social responsibility implementation: evidence from Chinese construction firms |
| Year | 2024 |
| Published | Engineering Construction And Architectural Management, 31, 1 |
| Abstract | PurposeThe interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become burgeoning in the construction industry as firms are under constant pressure from socially conscious stakeholders to demonstrate their efforts to address various CSR issues. This study aims to unveil the key practices and impact factors (KPIFs) of CSR implementation in construction firms and the interrelationships among different key impact factors toward attaining CSR practices.Design/methodology/approachMobilizing the integrated institutional, stakeholder and self-determination theories, a theoretical framework was first developed to elaborate the potential inter-relationships among the key impact factors toward CSR implementation. Data were collected from extra-grade contractors through an online questionnaire survey and was then analyzed by the partial least square structural equation modeling method.FindingsThe results show that construction firms' CSR practices could be classified into eight distinct key dimensions, e.g. shareholders' interests, government commitment and environment preservation. It is found that three groups of key impact factors - external institutional factors (especially coercive-normative factors), intrinsic factors (especially strategic business direction and organizational culture) and identified factors (i.e. the perceived importance of CSR practices) - have statistically significant positive impacts on most key dimensions of CSR practices.Practical implicationsThe research findings have implications for top management to better understand CSR implementation, thereby helping them secure legitimacy to survive and advance in the competitive construction businesses.Originality/valueThe findings contribute to the theoretical body of knowledge in CSR by modeling and empirically demonstrating the influence mechanism of CSR implementation in construction within an integrated model. |
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