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Convergence or Divergence? China Invested Firms’ E&E Evaluation of CSR in Southeast Asia
Author(s) -
Kong Jianxun,
Zhou Yidi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
global policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1758-5899
pISSN - 1758-5880
DOI - 10.1111/1758-5899.13033
Subject(s) - convergence (economics) , corporate social responsibility , china , business , divergence (linguistics) , tertiary sector of the economy , service (business) , perception , southeast asia , marketing , economic growth , economics , political science , public relations , history , ancient history , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience , law , biology
Abstract Using the 2019 China Invested Firms and Employees Survey (CIFES), this study explores the convergence of Chinese enterprise and employee (E&E) evaluation in Southeast Asian countries. The results show that convergence varies greatly across the nine Southeast Asian countries. Union organisations and economic factors play a key role in convergence. Firms with labour unions report a more effective corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance than others, while employees in the construction sector report their firms’ CSR and those in the manufacturing and service sectors. Interestingly, the number of years worked by an employee correlates positively with their perception of firms’ CSR performance.