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Entrepreneurial orientation and corporate social responsibility performance: An empirical study of state‐controlled and privately controlled firms in China
Author(s) -
Zhuang Yiming,
Lee Younggeun,
Chang Xinyue,
Kim Renee B.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
corporate social responsibility and environmental management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.519
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1535-3966
pISSN - 1535-3958
DOI - 10.1002/csr.1872
Subject(s) - corporate social responsibility , proactivity , business , china , entrepreneurial orientation , argument (complex analysis) , context (archaeology) , state ownership , empirical research , emerging markets , industrial organization , accounting , marketing , market economy , entrepreneurship , public relations , economics , finance , management , paleontology , biochemistry , chemistry , philosophy , epistemology , political science , law , biology
Abstract In this paper, we examine the role of a firm's entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in the advancement of corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. We argue that a firm's innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk‐taking would lead it to employ more socially responsible practices and generate benefits to society. Moreover, we theorize that this influence would differ, depending on the firm ownership. Specifically, our argument is based on the Chinese context where state‐controlled firms dominate the economy. We test our hypotheses by utilizing secondary data on 738 Chinese public firms over an 8‐year period (2008–2015). Our empirical results demonstrate a positive and significant relationship between EO and CSR performance among state‐controlled firms. However, this relationship is not significant among privately controlled firms.