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Corporate social responsibility and age of productivity: A study on emerging economies
Author(s) -
Yasser Qaiser Rafique,
Mamun Abdullah Al,
Zaman Sawlat,
Ali Muhammad Jahangir,
Bhavani Ganga
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.22172
Subject(s) - productivity , perspective (graphical) , emerging markets , corporate social responsibility , business , social responsibility , cognition , upper echelons , demographic economics , accounting , marketing , economics , psychology , public relations , economic growth , political science , strategic management , finance , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , computer science
In this article, we examine whether, and how, positive and negative corporate social responsibility events relate to specific demographic characteristics such as directors' age in Asian emerging economies. Using the upper echelon hypothetical perspective of Hambrick and Mason (1984) and based on evidence gathered on 21,647 directors from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, and the Philippines, we find that the demographic characteristics of top management team (TMT), particularly directors' age, has a significant relationship with corporate social responsibilities. Demographic characteristics of directors are an important way to measure individual cognitive bases; cognitive bases in turn combine to create certain team abilities and tendencies, resulting in patterns in board decision outcomes.