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ABSTRACT Extant literature assumes that powerful executives can wield their influence with minimal opposition from lower‐power actors. We reconsider this assumption by incorporating the coalitional view in which lower‐power actors can mobilize coalitions to resist.
Nhan Huong Nguyen +2 more
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Do CSR Efforts Reduce Environmental Decoupling: Evidence From S&P 500 Firms
ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committees and CSR‐focused employee training on environmental decoupling. Using panel data of 2489 firm‐year observations from S&P 500 firms between 2009 and 2022, we employ fixed‐effects models to examine how CSR governance mechanisms influence the alignment between ...
Burcu Gürol +2 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines the nexus between board gender diversity (BGD), corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance, and financial outcomes in the context of an emerging country, Türkiye. The sample consists of Turkish non‐financial firms listed on Borsa Istanbul for the period 2008–2023.
Merve Kilic Karamahmutoglu +1 more
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Firm‐Level Tournament Incentives and Social Decoupling: Evidence From the United States
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether tournament‐based executive incentives exacerbate social decoupling. Using 4468 firm‐year observations from S&P 500 firms between 2010 and 2022, we find that stronger tournament incentives are associated with higher levels of social decoupling. This association is stronger in firms without ESG‐linked compensation,
Mohamed Khalifa +2 more
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ABSTRACT The relationship between board governance and corporate carbon emission disclosure remains persistently inconsistent across the empirical literature, despite decades of accumulated evidence. Drawing on agency, stakeholder, legitimacy, institutional, and upper echelons perspectives within a single analytical framework, we conduct a three‐level ...
Mohamed Hegazy +2 more
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Symbolic Versus Substantive ESG Practices: A Systematic Review and Integrative Framework
ABSTRACT ESG reporting is widespread, but symbolic commitments do not always reflect substantive practices. This study conducts a systematic literature review of 62 empirical articles published between 2021 and 2025 to synthesize the main determinants and consequences of this disclosure–performance misalignment in ESG reporting (commonly referred to as
Cristina Alexandrina Ştefănescu +1 more
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When CSR Gaps Become Competitive Signals: How CEO Motivation Shapes Competitive Dissimilarity
ABSTRACT Prior research has primarily examined corporate social responsibility (CSR) directed toward stakeholders such as investors, consumers, and regulators, signaling trustworthiness and positive moral character. However, nonmarket strategies such as CSR may also be interpreted by firms in relation to competitors, suggesting that CSR may influence ...
Sascha P. Klein
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ABSTRACT Matching‐gift programs institutionalize employee‐led CSR by amplifying employees' voluntary donations. Yet we know relatively little about what promotes the adoption of these decentralized forms of corporate social engagement. Drawing on upper echelons theory, this study argues that executives with STEM educational backgrounds tend to favor ...
Jungwon Min
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ABSTRACT Corporations increasingly use Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reports to articulate their commitments, priorities, and performance in sustainability governance. This study examines how Korean firms have configured and reconfigured their sustainability discourses across industries and time using 634 sustainability reports (2014–2024)
Taedong Lee +3 more
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Firm‐Level Corporate Social Responsibility and Employees' Affective Outcomes: A Multilevel Approach
ABSTRACT This study advances research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employees' work attitudes by distinguishing between employee‐level CSR perceptions and firm‐level CSR practices. Prior research has mainly focused on how employees' perceptions of CSR relate to their affective outcomes; this study extends that perspective by jointly ...
Alexander C. Kraaij +2 more
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