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CSR and Related Terms in SME Owner–Managers' Mental Models in Six European Countries: National Context Matters

Journal of business ethics, 2015-05, Vol.128 (2), p.433-456 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media 2015 ;The Author(s) 2014 ;Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 ;Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ;ISSN: 0167-4544 ;EISSN: 1573-0697 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2098-7 ;CODEN: JBUEDJ

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Title:
CSR and Related Terms in SME Owner–Managers' Mental Models in Six European Countries: National Context Matters
Author: Fassin, Yves ; Werner, Andrea ; Van Rossem, Annick ; Signori, Silvana ; Garriga, Elisabet ; von Weltzien Hoivik, Heidi ; Schlierer, Hans-Jörg
Subjects: Business administration ; Business and Management ; Business Ethics ; Business management ; Business schools ; Cognition ; Cognition & reasoning ; Comparative analysis ; Corporate responsibility ; Corporate social responsibility ; Economics and Finance ; Education ; Ethics ; Europe ; Humanities and Social Sciences ; International ; Management ; Management science ; Managers ; Philosophy ; Quality of Life Research ; Small & medium sized enterprises-SME ; Small and medium sized enterprises ; Social responsibility ; Studies ; U.S.A
Is Part Of: Journal of business ethics, 2015-05, Vol.128 (2), p.433-456
Description: As a contribution to the emerging field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) cognition, this article reports on the findings of an exploratory study that compares SME owner–managers' mental models with regard to CSR and related concepts across six European countries (Belgium, Italy, Norway, France, UK, Spain). Utilising Repertory Grid Technique, we found that the SME owner–managers' mental models show a few commonalities as well as a number of differences across the different country samples. We interpret those differences by linking individual cognition to macro-environmental variables, such as language, national traditions and dissemination mechanisms. The results of our exploratory study show that nationality matters but that classifications of countries as found in the comparative capitalism literature do not exactly mirror national differences in CSR cognition and that these classifications need further differentiation. The findings from our study raise questions on the universality of cognition of academic management concepts and warn that promotion of responsible business practice should not rely on the use of unmediated US American management terminology.
Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0167-4544
EISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2098-7
CODEN: JBUEDJ
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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CSR and Related Terms in SME Owner–Managers' Mental Models in Six European Countries: National Context Matters

Springer Science+Business Media 2015 ;The Author(s) 2014 ;Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 ;Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ;ISSN: 0167-4544 ;EISSN: 1573-0697 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2098-7 ;CODEN: JBUEDJ

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