The Bridging Role of CSR
2.6 Conclusions
Based on these results, we consider that CSR can also be analyzed from the theories of active citizenship, which can be found in several domains: civil society, business, public sector, and politics (Holford and van der Veen 2003). Our data support the formulation of a future hypothesis: firms that are active in the social sphere or that of civil society are conducted by people that are socially active, interested, and involved in solving communities’ problems.
means that this area of research comes close to research on civil participation of individuals at the community level.
In this sense, conceptualizing active citizenship (active engagement in producing collective goods) is built on three domains of activity: civil society, political and state actors, and the economic sector (Holford and van der Veen2003; Hatos2009;
Hatos 2003). Both personal motivations and opportunities to participate play an important role in stimulating individual participation (Hatos 2009; Hatos 2015), which we expected to find concerning managers’ decision to get involved in CSR.
These aspects will be further researched in future work.
The main limitations of our study derive from the size of our sample, which is rather small. More, within the scope of the current study, we could not investigate the impact of the social actions carried out by small and medium enterprises in Romania.
Further data is necessary also in determining the concrete mechanisms that link the attitude of managers and the social responsibility of their companies, and revealing other factors that hinder or promote the position of firms in the social sphere.
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