Oct 31, 2016 - Call for Papers. Journal of Business Ethics. Special Thematic Symposium on. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILI
Call for Papers
Journal of Business Ethics Special Thematic Symposium on CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND EMPLOYEES Submission deadline: 31 October 2016
Guest Editors Alexander Newman (Deakin University) Ruodan Shao (University of Manitoba) David A. Jones (University of Vermont) Fang Lee Cooke (Monash University) Introduction to the Special Thematic Symposium For this symposium we seek contributions that enhance our understanding on how employees perceive and react to corporate social responsibility (CSR) of their organizations. In the last decade a growing literature has examined the link between employee perceptions of CSR and their work behaviours and attitudes (El Akremi et al., 2015). Although scholars have developed comprehensive scales to measure employee perceptions of CSR (El Akremi et al., 2015; Turker, 2009) and socially responsible HRM practices (Shen & Benson, 2014), there is still disagreement in the literature as to the relative importance of the different mechanisms forwarded to explain employees’ attitudinal and behavioural response to organizational CSR. In addition to social identity theory, which has been the basis for most work looking at employee responses to CSR (Hofman & Newman, 2014; Jones, 2010; Kim et al., 2010; Newman et al., 2015), researchers have put forward alternative explanations based on organizational justice and social exchange theories (El Akremi et al., 2015; Jones, 2010; Rupp et al., 2006; Rupp et al., 2013). There has also been limited investigation of the factors which influence the development of employees’ CSR perceptions and the boundary conditions (moderators) of the relationship between employees’ CSR perceptions and their work outcomes (Hofman & Newman, 2014). We would like this symposium to offer a series of articles that encourage empirical examination of topics including, but not limited to: • What are the underlying mechanisms linking employee perceptions of CSR towards various stakeholders to their work behavior and attitudes? • How does employee involvement in CSR initiatives influence the development of employees’ CSR perceptions and subsequently influence their work attitudes and behaviors? • What communication strategies might organizations use to enhance employee perceptions of their CSR initiatives? • How do employees’ personality, values, and cultural context in which they work influence the ways they perceive and respond to CSR? • Does the job function of employees, as regards the extent to which they face external stakeholders, influence their responses to CSR?
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Do employees’ collective perceptions of CSR influence team or organizational-level outcomes? We encourage authors to utilize a diversity of methodological and theoretical perspectives when developing manuscripts for the symposium. We are not seeking review pieces or purely conceptual theoretical papers. Submission Process and Deadlines Authors are strongly encouraged to refer to the Journal of Business Ethics website and the instructions on submitting a paper. For more information see: http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/applied+ethics/journal/10551 Submission to the Special Thematic Symposium – by 31 October 2016 – is required through Editorial Manager at http://www.editorialmanager.com/busi/ The editors welcome informal enquiries related to proposed topics. Questions about expectations, requirements, the appropriateness of a topic, and so forth, should be directed to:
[email protected] References El Akremi, A., Gond, J. P., Swaen, V., De Roeck, K., & Igalens, J. (2015). How do employees perceive corporate responsibility? Development and validation of a multidimensional corporate stakeholder responsibility scale. Journal of Management, DOI: 10.1177/0149206315569311 Hofman, P., & Newman, A. (2014). The impact of perceived corporate social responsibility on organizational commitment and the moderating role of collectivism and masculinity: Evidence from China. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25, 631–652. Jones, D. A. (2010). Does serving the community also serve the company? Using organizational identification and social exchange theories to understand employee responses to a volunteerism programme. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 83, 857-878. Kim, H .R., Lee, M., Lee, H. T., & Kim, N. M. (2010). Corporate social responsibility and employee-company identification. Journal of Business Ethics, 95, 557-569. Newman, A., Nielsen, I., & Miao, Q. (2015). The impact of employee perceptions of organizational corporate social responsibility practices on job performance and organizational citizenship behavior: Evidence from the Chinese private sector. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(9), 1226–1242. Rupp, D. E., Ganapathi, J., Aguilera, R. V., & Williams, C. A. (2006). Employee reactions to corporate social responsibility: An organizational justice framework. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 27, 537-543. Rupp, D. E., Shao, R., Thornton, M. A., & Skarlicki, D. P. (2013). Applicants’ and employees’ reactions to corporate social responsibility: The moderating effects of first-party justice perceptions and moral identity. Personnel Psychology, 66, 895-933. Shen, J., & Benson, J. (2014). When CSR is a social norm: How socially responsible human resource management affects employee work behavior, Journal of Management, DOI: 10.1177/0149206314522300 Turker, D. (2009). Measuring corporate social responsibility: A scale development study. Journal of Business Ethics, 85, 411-427.
