The impact of national culture on corporate social responsibility: evidence from cross-regional comparison

Namporn Thanetsunthorn

doi:10.1007/s13520-015-0042-2

The impact of national culture on corporate social responsibility: evidence from cross-regional comparison

Namporn Thanetsunthorn

Penn State Shenango

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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the impact of national culture on firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) across geographical regions. Empirical tests are based on CSR performance of 3055 corporations from 28 countries located in Eastern Asia and Europe. The findings suggest that the Hofstede’s cultural dimensions have significant impacts on CSR performance, both positively and negatively depending on a given dimension of CSR. In addition, corporations located in European countries tend to effectively outperform those in Eastern Asian countries in every facet of socially responsible practice.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	35-56
Number of pages	22
Journal	Asian Journal of Business Ethics
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-015-0042-2
State	Published - Sep 2015

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General Business, Management and Accounting
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
Philosophy
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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