Local embeddedness, and corporate social performance: The mediating role of social innovation orientation

Samuel Adomako; Mai Dong Tran

doi:10.1002/csr.2203

Local embeddedness, and corporate social performance: The mediating role of social innovation orientation

Samuel Adomako^*, Mai Dong Tran

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Birmingham Business School

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Abstract

Despite the growing research on corporate social performance (CSP), research is lacking regarding the impact of local embeddedness. This article investigates the impact of local embeddedness on CSP through the mediating mechanism of social innovation orientation. In addition, we examined the moderating role of competitive corporate social responsibility (CSR) implementation pressure. Results from 254 firms based in Ghana show that local embeddedness positively relates to social innovation orientation and this relationship is moderated by competitive CSR implementation pressure. Moreover, we found that the impact of local embeddedness on CSP is mediated by social innovation orientation. These findings extend the CSR literature by exploring the mechanism through which local embeddedness influences CSP.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329-338
Number of pages	10
Journal	Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
Volume	29
Issue number	2
Early online date	22 Oct 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2203
Publication status	Published - Mar 2022

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Keywords

competitive CSR pressure
corporate social performance
CSR
Ghana
local embeddedness
social innovation

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Strategy and Management
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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