Corporate social responsibility, firm reputation, and firm performance: The role of ethical leadership

This study investigated the antecedents and outcomes of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the moderating effects of ethical leadership. We collected two-wave, temporally lagged data from two sources (general and vice-general managers) in 199 tourism firms (hotels and travel agencies) in sout...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asia Pacific journal of management Jg. 31; H. 4; S. 925 - 947
Hauptverfasser: Zhu, Yan, Sun, Li-Yun, Leung, Alicia S. M.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Boston Springer US 01.12.2014
Springer Nature B.V
Schlagworte:
Accountability
Business and Management
Business ethics
Corporate image
Corporate responsibility
Ethics
Leadership
Management
Management theory
Managers
Reputation management
Reputations
Social responsibility
Stakeholders
Stockholders
Studies
Firm performance
Firm reputation
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Ethical leadership
ISSN:0217-4561, 1572-9958
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigated the antecedents and outcomes of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the moderating effects of ethical leadership. We collected two-wave, temporally lagged data from two sources (general and vice-general managers) in 199 tourism firms (hotels and travel agencies) in southeast China. We have two major findings. First, ethical leadership moderated its own indirect effect on firm reputation via CSR. It had an indirect and positive effect on firm reputation through CSR when ethical leadership was strong but not when it was weak. Second, ethical leadership also moderated the indirect effect of CSR on firm performance via firm reputation. There was an indirect and positive effect of CSR when ethical leadership was strong but not when ethical leadership was weak. This study highlights the role of ethical leadership in linking the antecedents and outcomes of CSR, and provides support for the stakeholder theory.
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ISSN:0217-4561
1572-9958
DOI:10.1007/s10490-013-9369-1