Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?

While prior studies have largely addressed corporate social responsibility (CSR) at a macro or institutional level, its importance at the micro or individual level is to date underexplored, especially in the context of developing economies. Further, it is not clear from the studies in the extant lit...

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Autores: Ahmad, Naveed, Mahmood, Asif, Ariza Montes, José Antonio, Vega Muñoz, Alejandro, Han, Heesup, Scholz, Miklas
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Micro-level CSR
Gender
Pro-environmental bahviour
Healthcare
Organizational values
Positive attitude at work
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spelling Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?Ahmad, NaveedMahmood, AsifAriza Montes, José AntonioVega Muñoz, AlejandroHan, HeesupScholz, MiklasMicro-level CSRGenderPro-environmental bahviourHealthcareOrganizational valuesPositive attitude at workWhile prior studies have largely addressed corporate social responsibility (CSR) at a macro or institutional level, its importance at the micro or individual level is to date underexplored, especially in the context of developing economies. Further, it is not clear from the studies in the extant literature how the role of females is more important in the context of environmental management as compared to males. Similarly, micro-level CSR (MCSR) is emerging as a “new organizational value”, and the organizations that acknowledge this “new organizational value” and incorporate it into their business operations are likely to achieve sustainability objectives far better as compared to their counterparts. The present study investigates the impact of MCSR on employees’ pro-environmental behavior with the moderating effect of gender in the healthcare sector of Pakistan. The data were collected from five large hospitals in the city of Lahore through a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) in AMOS software. A total of 533 out of 800 responses were received, which were used for data analysis of the present study. The results revealed that MCSR positively influences employee’s pro-environmental behavior, and gender moderates this relationship but the moderating effect of females is stronger as compared to males. The findings of the present study would help policymakers understand the importance of MCSR as a “new organizational value” to influence employees’ pro-environmental behavior with a special focus to promote the proactive role of females at workplaces.2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/4230reponame:Brújulainstname:Universidad Loyola AndalucíaIngléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/42302026-06-24T12:48:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?
title Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?
spellingShingle Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?
Ahmad, Naveed
Micro-level CSR
Gender
Pro-environmental bahviour
Healthcare
Organizational values
Positive attitude at work
title_short Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?
title_full Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?
title_fullStr Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?
title_full_unstemmed Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?
title_sort Corporate social responsibility at the micro-level as a “new organizational value” for sustainability: Are females more aligned towards it?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ahmad, Naveed
Mahmood, Asif
Ariza Montes, José Antonio
Vega Muñoz, Alejandro
Han, Heesup
Scholz, Miklas
author Ahmad, Naveed
author_facet Ahmad, Naveed
Mahmood, Asif
Ariza Montes, José Antonio
Vega Muñoz, Alejandro
Han, Heesup
Scholz, Miklas
author_role author
author2 Mahmood, Asif
Ariza Montes, José Antonio
Vega Muñoz, Alejandro
Han, Heesup
Scholz, Miklas
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Micro-level CSR
Gender
Pro-environmental bahviour
Healthcare
Organizational values
Positive attitude at work
topic Micro-level CSR
Gender
Pro-environmental bahviour
Healthcare
Organizational values
Positive attitude at work
description While prior studies have largely addressed corporate social responsibility (CSR) at a macro or institutional level, its importance at the micro or individual level is to date underexplored, especially in the context of developing economies. Further, it is not clear from the studies in the extant literature how the role of females is more important in the context of environmental management as compared to males. Similarly, micro-level CSR (MCSR) is emerging as a “new organizational value”, and the organizations that acknowledge this “new organizational value” and incorporate it into their business operations are likely to achieve sustainability objectives far better as compared to their counterparts. The present study investigates the impact of MCSR on employees’ pro-environmental behavior with the moderating effect of gender in the healthcare sector of Pakistan. The data were collected from five large hospitals in the city of Lahore through a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) in AMOS software. A total of 533 out of 800 responses were received, which were used for data analysis of the present study. The results revealed that MCSR positively influences employee’s pro-environmental behavior, and gender moderates this relationship but the moderating effect of females is stronger as compared to males. The findings of the present study would help policymakers understand the importance of MCSR as a “new organizational value” to influence employees’ pro-environmental behavior with a special focus to promote the proactive role of females at workplaces.
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