scholarly journals Consumers’ Perception on Organisational Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and its Implications on Consumer Attitude: Evidence from the Malaysian Telecommunication Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Chee Yoong Liew ◽  
Bee Lian Song

This paper aims at investigating consumers’ perception on the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices of the telecommunication service companies in Malaysia, and its antecedent to consumer attitude. The local telecommunication service providers have emphasized on service quality, stakeholder value, corporate reputation, and innovation to achieve good business performance. However, little is known about the contribution of service quality, stakeholder value, corporate reputation, and innovation on the effectiveness of organisational CSR practices. Furthermore, lack of previous studies that have investigated the impact of organisational CSR practices on consumer attitude, particularly in the context of Malaysian telecommunication industry. With the adoption of structural equation modeling approach and survey method, a total of 360 samples comprising the prepaid and postpaid mobile consumers were obtained for this study. The results shown that consumers’ perception on service quality and stakeholder value had significant relationship with CSR practices. However, consumers’ perception on corporate reputation and innovation had no significant relationship with CSR practices. CSR practices was positively related to consumer attitude. In the theoretical implications, service quality and stakeholder value variables were found as important elements in the proponents of Strategic CSR Theory. In the managerial implications, this study recommended that the telecommunication service providers should highly focus on more effective planning and implementation of CSR practices through better integration of CSR in its core business functions and value chain system, diversification of CSR scope and stakeholders engagement. 

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 06036
Author(s):  
Kamaldeep Singh

Research Background: In this modern world, every person needs a specific medium of information in order to survive with the communication means which is effectively and easily answered by the means of telecommunication. In this fast and rapidly moving world, the telecommunication sector has become a main tool to share and communicate information from one end to another. It bridges the gap between people irrespective of cities, countries or continents. During such modern and fast paced telecommunication times, a well devised customer social responsibility is known as catalyst that can significantly elevate the business operations for any telecommunication organizations in this sector. In order to advance in this rapidly growing technical market every telecommunication company is trying to maintain strong relationships with the customers in order to provide better service quality and develop new market strategies. The author suggests that telecommunication service providers must work on customer social responsibility strategies and policies that immensely reflects a significant impact towards customer loyalty. Purpose of the article: To examine that how corporate social responsibility in lieu with service quality and customer satisfaction affects the customer loyalty in telecommunication sector. This article also highlights the customer behaviour towards CSR policies and what significance value added services have on the customer accordingly. Methods: The author used descriptive statistics employed to analyse survey. Based on the finding the author has prepared the analysis and result. Finding & Value added: Implementing the CSR practice that is corporate social responsibility and better customer service quality, a telecommunication company can increase customer loyalty.


2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Otto Afiuc ◽  
Samuel K. Bonsu ◽  
Franklyn Manu ◽  
Casey Brett Knight ◽  
Swati Panda ◽  
...  

Purpose Using social exchange theory as a contextual backdrop, this study aims to better understand how corporate social responsibility (CSR) can contribute to customer retention (CR). A conceptual framework is developed to illustrate the proposed relationship and the influence of mediating factors. The telecommunication industry in Ghana is used to operationalize the conceptual framework. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through face-to-face interviews with CSR managers and through a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using qualitative analysis and structural equation modeling. Findings Findings suggest that CSR, corporate image and service quality have significant relationships with both corporate image and CR. Corporate image also mediates the relationship between CSR, customer value and service quality with that of CR. The authors also find that CSR strengthens the relationship between customer value and service quality with that of corporate image, which subsequently leads to enhanced CR. Originality/value Thus far, the mediating variables that help explain and predict the relationship between CSR activities and CR have been overlooked in the extant literature. The results of this study will help fill a critical knowledge gap in marketing and CSR literature.


2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-261
Author(s):  
Nitya P. Singh

Within the last decade, research has focussed on corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices as a strategic tool that enables firms to improve stakeholder perception, brand image and corporate reputation. However, one area that remains understudied is the role played by CSR practices in managing corporate reputation under conditions of supply chain risk. To answer this research question, we conduct a literature review and develop the corresponding hypothesis. We test our hypothesis using quantitative analysis of both primary and secondary data collected from organizations dispersed globally. The results highlight that under conditions of supply chain network disruption risk, CSR practices play an important role in enabling firms to manage the negative impact of such risk drivers on corporate reputation. The study further suggests that CSR practices positively impact supply chain risk management (SCRM) practices and are a necessary condition for SCRM practices to be effective in improving corporate reputation of organizations.


Webology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (Special Issue 04) ◽  
pp. 116-132
Author(s):  
Hoang Phuong Nguyen ◽  
Viet Duc Bui

The study conducted a theoretical review and review of previous studies shows that the research gap is the correlation between social responsibility factors, green marketing strategy, corporate reputation and business performance. The practical context of the tourism service industry in Vietnam is also necessary and suitable for research. The study's overall objective is to propose and test a model on the relationship between corporate social responsibility, green marketing strategy, corporate reputation, and business performance. In the case of the study, it is a travel service business in Ho Chi Minh City. The research methodology of the research is a mixed-method, performed sequentially as follows: the first qualitative research through interviews with 10 experts to consider the necessity of the research problem in Vietnam, to adjust and supplement the scales for research concepts; Quantitative research with a questionnaire survey. According to the quota principle (quota), the sample was selected with a sample size of 218 travel companies to test the proposed theoretical research model. A second qualitative study was performed to aid the interpretation of the results from quantitative data analysis. Research results have identified stakeholders in the tourism industry, including tourists, travel businesses, local authorities and local people. The relationships between research concepts are confirmed, including corporate social responsibility, green marketing strategies that have a positive impact on corporation reputation, corporate social responsibility is found to have a positive impact on green marketing strategies, corporate social responsibility, green marketing strategies, and corporate reputation all have positive effects on business results. At the same time, the enterprise's characteristics in terms of the main type of business and the size of the business are identified as having differences in the relationship between research concepts.


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