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The purpose of this paper is to show that in many earlier value studies, the emphasis has been in value management: this paper contributes to the value discussion through personnel perceptions in organizations (in different hierarchical levels). The aim is to study value processing more closely at company level and to find out what the phenomenon in practice means to the personnel: how they understand it. There is often said to be a contradiction between official and perceived values among personnel: these are studied further in this paper.

Qualitative, multiple case study, interviews analyzed by content analysis.

This paper demonstrates value perceptions among personnel in three case companies and emphasizes the importance of mutual understanding of values in every day life. Personnel perceptions of organizational values are presented; especially the understanding of values as a management tool is studied further: values have to be understood through the own work before they can be really functional.

The quotations are interpreted through content analysis, so maybe another (e.g. discourse analysis) would have given deeper insight. Three different case companies are maybe too little to make any general assumptions.

The need to reach mutual understanding about values among the whole personnel (not just the management) is extremely important in successful value processing. Too often these “soft” issues are forgotten and values are just declared by the management: no real understanding about organizational values exist. The practical implications are presented when suggestions for better values processing are given.

The paper demonstrates personnel perceptions in understanding organizational values. It is extremely important to clarify how people understand organizational values, before proceeding to the implementation process. This is too often forgotten in values studies.

The purpose of this paper is to provide new aspects to corporate social responsibility (CSR) research, especially in a Finnish context. The aim is to compare personnels perceptions in three case companies (a forest company, a cooperative bank and a retail cooperative): how the contexts and aims of practising CSR are understood? Special focus is in the organizational form: to compare CSR in one exchange‐listed and in two cooperative companies (local vs. global CSR).

In Finnish companies CSR is taken into account quite well. Though, in this paper the personnel's perceptions are studied further by content analysis. The interview data consist of three different levels: the top management, the middle management and the employee level.

Provides information about each company, comparing the personnel's perceptions in different hierarchical levels. The organizational form is also an important factor in CSR, since two of the case companies are cooperative (the bank and the market) and the forest company is an exchange‐listed company. This brings new interesting aspects to the context of CSR.

The research context is Finnish, so there might be limitations when applying the results to countries very dissimilar to Finland.

A useful source of information about CSR “inside” the companies: getting the personnel perspective.

This paper brings more information about CSR seen by the personnel: very often CSR is studied through stakeholders/owners/customers etc., but this paper gives the insider picture about CSR in Finnish companies.

Corporate Social Responsibility is a crucial element of today's company strategies. Today's heightened interest in the proper role of businesses in society has been promoted by increased sensitivity to environmental and ethical issues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate social responsibility) . CSR is said to be good for society and good for business. Better understanding of the potential benefits of CSR for the competitiveness of individual companies and for national economies can help encourage the spread of CSR practice. Business and society are interdependent. The wellbeing of one depends on the wellbeing of the other, (http://www.societyandbusiness.gov.uk/html) Especially in big companies and corporations it's seen as a vital tool to promote and improve the public image. Companies are called “corporate citizens”. This study concentrates in three companies in Finland: forest industry, banking and market. This paper is a part of a dissertation about company values. Data is gathered by interviewing personnel in the head office and at the local level in companies with multiple hierarchial levels.

This paper aims to study personnel perceptions about value processing in three case organizations in the Finnish context, especially management's role in organizational change where values are considered.

The research follows the methodology of the case study approach to tackle the research theme. The data include interviews from multiple (managerial) hierarchical levels, from top management to local levels (in top management and at the local level) in the case companies. The interviews are analyzed by content analysis.

The paper provides information about personnel perceptions in organizational value processes, especially the management's and organizational culture's role, in this kind of change process, as well as the individual's own role and responsibilities as an employee.

The research reported is not exhaustive and was done in the Finnish context, which may reduce its applicability to other, especially non‐European, countries.

The paper represents a very useful source of information and practical advice for companies encountering changes where organizational values are processed.

This paper fulfils the growing need for information about value management and value processing in organizations, and offers practical help to individuals working among these themes in their organizations.

The purpose of this paper is to provide new aspects to corporate social responsibility (CSR) research, especially in a Finnish context. The aim is to compare personnel's perceptions in three case companies (a forest company, a cooperative bank and a retail cooperative) of how the contexts and aims of practicing CSR are understood among the employees. CSR is often referred to good image and reputation outside the companies. Is it only for the outsiders or also for the insiders, the employees? The theoretical frame consists of Carroll's CSR model, including four dimensions: economic – be profitable; legal – obey the law; ethical – do what is right and fair and avoid harm; and philanthropic (discretional) – be a good corporate citizen.

In Finnish companies CSR is taken into account quite well. Although, in this paper the personnel's perceptions are studied further by content analysis. The interview data consist of three different levels: the top management, the middle management and the employee level. This will give a wider perspective to the theme.

The paper provides information about each company, comparing the personnel's perceptions in different hierarchical levels. The organizational form is also an important factor in CSR, since two of the case companies are cooperative (the bank and the market) and the forest company is an exchange‐listed company. This brings new interesting aspects to the context of CSR.

The research context is Finnish, so there might be limitations when applying the results to very dissimilar countries to Finland.

The paper is a useful source of information about CSR “inside” the companies: getting the personnel perspective. Too often CSR is aimed only towards the “outsider” stakeholders.

This paper brings more information about CSR seen by the personnel: very often CSR is studied through stakeholders/owners/customers, etc., but this paper gives the insider picture about CSR in Finnish companies.

The Social Responsibility Journal (SRJ) celebrates 15 years of publication in 2019. The purpose of this study is to map the development in the publication, citation and themes of SRJ articles between 2005 and 2019.

This study uses the Scopus database to analyze the highest contributing authors, institutions and countries published in SRJ. It also identifies the most cited SRJ articles, journals citing SRJ and journals cited by SRJ. This study conducts a performance analysis using bibliometric indicators to analyze the publication and citation structure of SRJ, in addition to science mapping using bibliographic coupling to analyze the themes of SRJ. Further, this study provides a temporal analysis of SRJ publishing across three different time periods over its 15-year run.

From 2005 to 2019, SRJ increased its annual publication from 23 to 63 articles. The citations have followed a similar trend, with an increase from zero citations in 2005 to more than 1,200 citations in 2019. Authors from all around the world have contributed to the journal on themes like business ethics, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, firm outcomes and stakeholders. Attention to themes related to corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and their influence on firm outcomes has increased across different time periods, while themes related to business ethics and stakeholders have garnered continuous – if not increasing – attention across different time periods.

This study is limited to data acquired from the Scopus database.

This study provides the first overview of SRJ’s publication and citation trends alongside its thematic structure.