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Caroline D. Ditlev-Simonsen
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First Published April 3, 2012 Research Article
https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650312439534

Abstract
Samuelamount of money on corporate social
Corporations are spending a substantial and increasing
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responsibility (CSR). However, little is known aboutVickovic
the effects on key stakeholders of these
and an effect on employees’ affective
activities. This study investigates if CSR activities have
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commitment (AC). Two models test to what extent employees’ CSR perception, involvement
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in decision processes, and demographic variables Justice
are related to their AC relative to their
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perception of positive organizational support (POS). The analysis is based on a sample of
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512 employees from 4 Scandinavian companies; 3Oct
Norwegian and 1 Swedish, randomly
2013
selected from a population of 6,710 mostly Norwegian and Swedish employees in those 2
countries. The results indicate that CSR perception is a significant predictor of AC, although
how employees feel that the company cares about them (POS) has stronger explanatory
power on AC. Contrary to the few other studies addressing AC and CSR, gender was not
found to be a significant variable in the model.

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