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Opoku-Dakwa, Akwasi. How characteristics of corporate social initiatives (CSI) affect employee engagement in CSI. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3WW7N30

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TitleHow characteristics of corporate social initiatives (CSI) affect employee engagement in CSI
NameOpoku-Dakwa, Akwasi (author); Chen, Chao C (chair); Barnett, Michael L (internal member); Jones, David A (outside member); Rupp, Deborah E (outside member); Rutgers University; Graduate School - Newark
Date Created2018
Other Date2018-05 (degree)
SubjectManagement, Social responsibility of business, Corporate culture
Extent1 online resource (xi, 247 p. : ill.)
DescriptionThough corporations depend on the work of employees to achieve important socio-environmental outcomes, research on employee engagement in corporate social initiatives (CSI) remains rare and fragmented. Building on existing studies, I propose a theoretical model explaining when and why CSI, based on their characteristics, would be engaging to employees. Adopting the multiple-motive perspective, I position employees as potential agents of social change whose efforts are enabled through CSI that have potential for meaningful impact on stakeholders including the employees themselves, their employing organizations, and the general public. I test the model via two studies using employee volunteering as a study context. In study one, I test via an experiment whether objective CSI characteristics promote employee engagement through their perceived impacts. In study two, I test via an online field survey whether these effects depend on contact with beneficiaries and communication about the CSI, which would increase awareness of CSI impacts; and on the employee’s identity, which determines the types of CSI impacts that are more meaningful to the employee and therefore more conducive to engagement. My findings indicate that moral intensity and employee development opportunities are CSI characteristics that promote engagement, and that perceived CSI impacts mediate the effects of CSI characteristics and identity variables on engagement.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Akwasi Opoku-Dakwa
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3WW7N30
Languageeng
CollectionGraduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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