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How Corporate Social Responsibility Influences Organizational Commitment

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A growing number of studies have investigated the various dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the literature. However, relatively few studies have considered its impacts on employees. The purpose of this study is to analyze how CSR affects the organizational commitment of employees based on the social identity theory (SIT). The proposed model was tested on a sample of 269 business professionals working in Turkey. The findings of the study revealed that CSR to social and non-social stakeholders, employees, and customers were the significant predictors of organizational commitment. However, there was no link between CSR to government and the commitment level of employees.

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Abbreviations

CSR:

Corporate social responsibility

CSR-1:

CSR to social and non-social stakeholders

CSR-2:

CSR to employees

CSR-3:

CSR to customers

CSR-4:

CSR to government

ICSR:

Importance of Ethics and Social Responsibility

PRESOR:

Perceived Role of Ethics and Social Responsibility

SIT:

Social identity theory

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This article is mainly based on the unpublished master dissertation of the author. The author is grateful to Professor Ömür N. Timurcanday Özmen in Dokuz Eylul University for her constant support and advising.

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Turker, D. How Corporate Social Responsibility Influences Organizational Commitment. J Bus Ethics 89, 189–204 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9993-8

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