- Author
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B. Tang
- Title
- The effects of time on managers and investors in corporate social responsibility
- Supervisors
- Award date
- 11 December 2019
- Number of pages
- 215
- ISBN
- 9789402818109
- Document type
- PhD thesis
- Faculty
- Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB)
- Institute
- Amsterdam Business School Research Institute (ABS-RI)
- Abstract
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An emerging body of literature has started to examine the cognitive drivers and financial outcomes of corporate social responsibility (CSR). This Ph.D. research aims to shed light on the overall research question: How do the time perspectives of managers and investors affect their actions with respect to CSR?
Specifically, Chapter 3 explores how managerial cognition influences the CSR strategies of Chinese small and medium enterprises. An analysis of qualitative data showed that integrative complexity and temporal orientation work together to shape managers’ strategic goals with respect to CSR, and hence lead to differences in CSR strategies.
Chapter 4 examines the impact of top executives’ time horizons on the CSR disclosures of publicly listed Chinese firms. The analysis of a sample of 2,341 firm-year observations from 482 listed Chinese firms during the period of 2010 to 2014 showed that as executives’ time horizons shorten, a firm discloses more CSR information.
Chapter 5 examines the responses of institutional investors to the corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility of listed U.S. firms. The analysis of a dataset comprising 11,280 quarterly observations from 670 listed U.S. firms over the period 2007-2014 showed that firms that behave responsibly experience an increase in dedicated institutional ownership, whereas firms that behave irresponsibly face a decrease in transient institutional ownership.
Jointly, these three empirical studies indicate that the temporal aspects of cognition affect decision-making related to CSR. Besides having implications for management practice, this dissertation extended the knowledge on the cognitive antecedents and behavioral consequences of CSR. - Persistent Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/757a373f-d007-4a8f-9ccf-5b5fd9d1a6e8
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Front matter
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Perspectives on corporate social responsibility, cognition and time
Chapter 3: Managerial cognition and CSR strategy
Chapter 4: The effects of executives’ time horizons on CSR disclosures
Chapter 5: The effects of corporate social (ir)responsibility on institutional investors
Chapter 6: Conclusions and implications
References; Co-author statement; English summary; Nederlandse samenvatting; Acknowledgements; Curriculum vitae
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