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Symbolic Versus Substantive ESG Practices: A Systematic Review and Integrative Framework

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Toward an upper-echelons view of firm-level entrepreneurship

open access: yes, 2004
Firm-level entrepreneurship is an important contributor to firm survival and performance (Stevenson & Jarillo, 1990; Tushman, 1997). It includes innovation, venturing and strategic renewal (Zahra, 1996).
Ling, Yan
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Managerial Risk-Taking Behaviors of CEOs in Family Businesses : Applying the Upper Echelons Theory on Family Businesses’ CEOs

open access: yes, 2020
Background Nowadays the amount of research regarding the family business context has improved meaningfully. However, the field of family business could still be considered immature and with existing gaps in its literature. Thereby, several studies in the
Amador Regalado, Jose Antonio   +1 more
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Engineering CEOs, Sustainability Performance, and Greenwashing: Evidence From Australian Listed Firms

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how engineering trained chief executive officers (CEOs) determine firms' sustainability performance and greenwashing behavior in Australian listed firms from 2016 to 2024. Drawing on Upper Echelons theory and Imprint theory, we argue that engineering cognition influences environmental strategy by providing conservative ...
Sulochana Dissanayake   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opportunity or nonsense? Examining the role of CEOs’ social media usage in raising funds

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
Amid the ongoing digital transformation, social media has emerged as a novel avenue for business communication and growth, with investors increasingly engaging with these platforms as supplementary information sources.
Rui Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who Governs Giving?: Executive Educational Backgrounds and the Adoption of Employee‐Led Corporate Social Responsibility

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Women's Leadership as a Driver of Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises Sustainability and Green Transition: A Bibliometric and Systematic Review

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study combines a bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review (SLR) to provide a comprehensive understanding of women's leadership and entrepreneurship within small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of sustainability and the green transition.
Adriana Dima   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

CEO Characteristics and CSR Governance Quality: Evidence From Europe

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Leveraging a sample of European listed firms, we investigate whether CEO duality, CEO tenure, and CEO membership in the CSR board committee are associated with the quality of corporate social responsibility (CSR) governance. Our findings indicate that CEO duality is negatively associated with CSR governance quality, whereas CEO membership on ...
Gianluca Ginesti   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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