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Corporate social responsibility antecedents and practices as a path to enhance organizational performance: The case of small and medium sized enterprises in an emerging economy country
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
  • Walid Cheffi, Zayed University
  • Chrisovalantis Malesios, Geoponiko Panepistimion Athinon
  • Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud, Zayed University
  • Sonia Abdennadher, Higher Colleges of Technology
  • Prasanta Dey, Aston Business School
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Abstract

The impact of stakeholders' pressure and business uncertainties on the correlation between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational performance within small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is under researched. This study aims to derive the correlation of CSR antecedents, CSR practices, stakeholders' pressures, business uncertainties, and organizational performance of SMEs in the UAE. The data was collected through a survey from 117 SMEs in the UAE, and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The study reveals that the level of importance SMEs attach to CSR antecedents influences positively the extent of SMEs involvement with CSR practices; and these, in turn, translate into significant performance outcomes for SMEs. Business uncertainties are proved to moderate both relationships (CSR antecedents-CSR practices; and CSR practices-SMEs performance); while stakeholders' pressure is found to have no moderating effect on CSR antecedent-CSR practices relationship. The proposed framework could be adopted in any economy for enhancing performance through CSR.

Publisher
Wiley
Disciplines
Keywords
  • antecedents,
  • business uncertainty,
  • corporate social responsibility,
  • organizational performance,
  • SMEs,
  • stakeholders' pressures
Scopus ID
85102954483
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2135
Citation Information
Walid Cheffi, Chrisovalantis Malesios, Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud, Sonia Abdennadher, et al.. "Corporate social responsibility antecedents and practices as a path to enhance organizational performance: The case of small and medium sized enterprises in an emerging economy country" Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (2021) ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1535-3958" target="_blank">1535-3958</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ahmed-abdel-maksoud/2/