Attitudes toward corporate responsibilities in Western Europe and in Central and East Europe

Furrer, O, Egri, CP, Ralston, DA, Danis, WM, Reynaud, E, Naoumova, I, Molteni, M, Starkus, A, Darder, FL, Dabić, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8374-9719 and Furrer-Perrinjaquet, A, 2010. Attitudes toward corporate responsibilities in Western Europe and in Central and East Europe. Management International Review, 50 (3), pp. 379-398. ISSN 0938-8249

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Abstract

This study investigated the attitudes toward social, economic, and environmental corporate responsibilities of 3064 current managers and business students in 8 European countries. Participants in Western European countries had significantly different perspectives on the importance of these corporate responsibilities (CR) than those in Central and East European countries. Within each country, environmental CR is perceived as most important in both CEE and Western European countries. Across countries, Western European respondents accord more importance to social CR and less importance to economic CR. CEE countries are not homogenous, e.g., CR attitudes in the Czech Republic are closer to that of Western Europeans, possibly triggered by the accession to EU. Work experience (managers vs. business students) influences social and environmental orientations more than the economic orientation for only some countries. Generational differences were found as well: Business students attribute more importance to environmental CR and less importance to social CR than managers.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Management International Review
Creators:	Furrer, O., Egri, C.P., Ralston, D.A., Danis, W.M., Reynaud, E., Naoumova, I., Molteni, M., Starkus, A., Darder, F.L., Dabić, M. and Furrer-Perrinjaquet, A.
Publisher:	Springer Gabler
Date:	June 2010
Volume:	50
Number:	3
ISSN:	0938-8249
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s11575-010-0034-3 DOI 34 Publisher Item Identifier
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	09 Mar 2017 11:15
Last Modified:	02 Oct 2017 11:31
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/30335

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