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CSR and leadership approaches and practices: a comparative inquiry of owners and professional executives

CSR and leadership approaches and practices: a comparative inquiry of owners and professional executives
CSR and leadership approaches and practices: a comparative inquiry of owners and professional executives
This study generates comparative insights into CSR approaches of owners and non-kin professional executives in an emerging country context, Turkey. Drawing on 61 interviews, we found that ownership status of the executive is crucial in shaping their CSR perceptions and practices. Owner-executives are empowered in pursuing CSR approaches based on their personal preferences and values; they have mostly societal aims. Professionals display tendency for company-related CSR practice; they exhibit greater knowledge of CSR, and their CSR initiatives are the results of strategic choices to enhance their power within the corporation. Our paper contributes to the debate on the drivers for CSR by accounting for both societal and individual influences on the CSR agency of these two key groups of executives. First, we develop a typology of CSR approaches of owners and professionals. Second, we provide insights from an emerging country context. Third, we present empirically grounded practice implications for CSR.

CSR, owner-executive, professional executive, Turkey, qualitative
1740-4754
1097-1114
Yamak, S.
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Ergur, A.
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Karatas-Ozkan, M.
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Tatli, A.
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Yamak, S.
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Karatas-Ozkan, M.
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Yamak, S., Ergur, A., Karatas-Ozkan, M. and Tatli, A. (2019) CSR and leadership approaches and practices: a comparative inquiry of owners and professional executives. European Management Review, 16 (4), 1097-1114. (doi:10.1111/emre.12318).

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This study generates comparative insights into CSR approaches of owners and non-kin professional executives in an emerging country context, Turkey. Drawing on 61 interviews, we found that ownership status of the executive is crucial in shaping their CSR perceptions and practices. Owner-executives are empowered in pursuing CSR approaches based on their personal preferences and values; they have mostly societal aims. Professionals display tendency for company-related CSR practice; they exhibit greater knowledge of CSR, and their CSR initiatives are the results of strategic choices to enhance their power within the corporation. Our paper contributes to the debate on the drivers for CSR by accounting for both societal and individual influences on the CSR agency of these two key groups of executives. First, we develop a typology of CSR approaches of owners and professionals. Second, we provide insights from an emerging country context. Third, we present empirically grounded practice implications for CSR.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 May 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 August 2018
Published date: December 2019
Keywords: CSR, owner-executive, professional executive, Turkey, qualitative

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Local EPrints ID: 421571
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/421571
ISSN: 1740-4754
PURE UUID: d89ab659-19af-449a-9fad-8b99faaabe14
ORCID for M. Karatas-Ozkan: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9199-4156

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Date deposited: 15 Jun 2018 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:43

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Author: S. Yamak
Author: A. Ergur
Author: A. Tatli

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