RT Article
T1 Group Effects on Individual Attitudes Toward Social Responsibility
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 149
IS 3
SP 725
OP 746
A1 Secchi, Davide
A1 Bui, Hong T. M.
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2018
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785664603
AB This study uses a quasi-experimental design to investigate what happens to individual socially responsible attitudes when they are exposed to group dynamics. Findings show that group engagement increases individual attitudes toward social responsibility. We also found that individuals with low attitudes toward social responsibility are more likely to change their opinions when group members show more positive attitudes toward social responsibility. Conversely, individuals with high attitudes do not change much, independent of group characteristics. To better analyze the effect of group dynamics, the study proposes to split social responsibility into relative and absolute components. Findings show that relative social responsibility is correlated with but different from absolute social responsibility although the latter is more susceptible than the former to group dynamics.
K1 Attitudes toward social responsibility
K1 Socialization
K1 Group Dynamic
K1 Absolute and relative social responsibility
K1 Individual social responsibility
DO 10.1007/s10551-016-3106-x