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The impact of leadership on followers´ attitude towards corporate social responsibility: an empirical exmination
| Resumo: | This paper investigatesthe field of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). As existing litera-ture merely focuseson the macro-perspective of CSR, this paper examines the relationship be-tween leadership and followers’ attitude towards CSR to derive practical implications for or-ganizations that seek to invest into CSR. Results show that regardless of companies’ positionsin sustainability rankings, servant and ethical leaders have a significant positive effect on fol-lowers’ attitude towards CSR, while there is no significant impact of transformational leader-ship. Therefore, firms that want to invest into CSRshould focus on fostering sensitivity towards sustainability and employing people with servant and ethical characteristics. |
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| Autores principais: | Peters, Miriam |
| Assunto: | Corporate social responsibility Ethical leadership Servant leadership Trans-formational leadership |
| Ano: | 2020 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | This paper investigatesthe field of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). As existing litera-ture merely focuseson the macro-perspective of CSR, this paper examines the relationship be-tween leadership and followers’ attitude towards CSR to derive practical implications for or-ganizations that seek to invest into CSR. Results show that regardless of companies’ positionsin sustainability rankings, servant and ethical leaders have a significant positive effect on fol-lowers’ attitude towards CSR, while there is no significant impact of transformational leader-ship. Therefore, firms that want to invest into CSRshould focus on fostering sensitivity towards sustainability and employing people with servant and ethical characteristics. |
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