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Journal of Business Ethics
Published in: Journal of Business Ethics 1/2013

01-04-2013

Is the Perception of ‘Goodness’ Good Enough? Exploring the Relationship Between Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Organizational Identification

Authors: Ante Glavas, Lindsey N. Godwin

Published in: Journal of Business Ethics | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Drawing on social identity theory and organizational identification theory, we develop a model of the impact of perceived corporate social responsibility on employees’ organizational identification. We argue that employees’ perceptions of their company’s social responsibility behaviors are more important than organizational reality in determining organizational identification. After defining perceived corporate social responsibility (PCSR), we postulate how PCSR affects organizational identification when perception and reality are aligned or misaligned. Implications for organizational practice and further research are discussed.
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Footnotes
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KLD Research & Analytics, Inc, is an investment research firm providing management tools to professionals integrating environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) into their investment decisions (www.​kld.​com).
 
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The Hay Group has partnered with Fortune Magazine for over ten years to identify and rank The World’s Most Admired Companies (http://​money.​cnn.​com/​magazines/​fortune/​mostadmired/​2010).
 
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Metadata
Title
Is the Perception of ‘Goodness’ Good Enough? Exploring the Relationship Between Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Organizational Identification
Authors
Ante Glavas
Lindsey N. Godwin
Publication date
01-04-2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Business Ethics / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1323-5

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