Corporate Social Responsibility in Management Research: Focus, Nature, Salience and Sources of Influence

Authors: Lockett, Andy¹; Moon, Jeremy; Visser, Wayne²

Source: Journal of Management Studies, Volume 43, Number 1, January 2006 , pp. 115-136(22)

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Abstract:

In this paper we investigate the status of corporate social responsibility (CSR) research within the management literature. In particular, we examine the focus and nature of knowledge, the changing salience of this knowledge and the academic influences on the knowledge. We present empirical evidence based on publication and citation analyses of research published from 1992 to 2002. Our results demonstrate that, for CSR research published in management journals, the most popular issues investigated have been environmental and ethics; the empirical research has been overwhelmingly of a quantitative nature; the theoretical research has been primarily non-normative; the field is driven by agendas in the business environment as well as by continuing scientific engagement; and the single most important source of references for CSR articles was the management literature itself.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00585.x

Affiliations: 1: Nottingham University Business School; 2: International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, Nottingham University Business School

Publication date: 2006-01-01