Group Effects on Individual Attitudes Toward Social Responsibility

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 attit...

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Autores principales: Secchi, Davide (Autor) ; Bui, Hong T. M. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
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Publicado: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2018
En: Journal of business ethics
Año: 2018, Volumen: 149, Número: 3, Páginas: 725-746
Otras palabras clave:B Absolute and relative social responsibility
B Socialization
B Individual social responsibility
B Attitudes toward social responsibility
B Group Dynamic
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Sumario: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.
ISSN:1573-0697
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3106-x