Society and Business Review: Volume 19 Issue 2

Board attributes, ownership structure, and corporate social responsibility: evidence from A-share listed technological companies in China

Angela Kit Fong Ma, Yiming Chen

The purpose of this study is threefold. The first is to conduct a comprehensive examination of the various board attributes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting in…

The impact of female representation and ethnic diversity in committees on environmental, social and governance performance in Malaysia

Shy Lih Wong

This study aims to explore how females on committees (FOC) and committee ethnic diversity (CED) impact environmental, social and governance performance (ESGP).

How country governance situation affect firm financing arrangements: empirical evidence from selected Asian economies

Bilal Haider Subhani, Umar Farooq, Khurram Ashfaq, Mosab I. Tabash

This study aims to explore the potential impact of country-level governance in corporate financing structures.

Sociology of corporate governance and the emerging disintermediation

Joel Bolton, Michele E. Yoder, Ke Gong

This study aims to observe and discuss an emerging disintermediation in transportation, finance and health care, and explain how these three key areas depend on intermediary…

Corporate social responsibility and employee outcomes: considering employee perspectives on the role of business

Kaitlyn DeGhetto, Zachary A Russell, Charn P McAllister

This study aims to investigate how employee perspectives on the role of business, specifically capitalist beliefs, affect the corporate social responsibility…

The effect of CEOs’ being the only children in the family on their CSR engagement

Rong Huang, Guang Yang, Xiaoye Chen, Yuxin Chen

This study aims to investigate the influence of CEO’s only-child status on corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices. It seeks to extend the understanding of upper echelon…

CEO narcissism and CSR: role of organizational virtue orientation

Arpita Agnihotri, Saurabh Bhattacharya

This study aims to explore how CEO narcissism drives investment in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its mediating mechanism.

Bringing home the bacon: do politicians on boards increase firms’ government contracts?

Tyler Wasson, Michael Quinn

The US Federal Government awards contracts worth hundreds of billions of dollars each year. Many firms that rely on these contracts have appointed former government officials to…