Development of CSR through Ethical Leadership: Constructive Role of Ethical Culture and Intellectual Capital
In the contemporary era, the scandals of business leaders have shaken the trust and belief of stakeholders in corporate as well as in public sector organizations. The practitioners and scholars are progressively concerned about moral concerns associated with businesses, however, empirical and the...
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| author | Irfan Ullah (Corresponding author) |
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| description | In the contemporary era, the scandals of business leaders have shaken the trust and belief
of stakeholders in corporate as well as in public sector organizations. The practitioners and
scholars are progressively concerned about moral concerns associated with businesses,
however, empirical and theoretical developments are still lacking. The prime purpose of
the present study is to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and corporate
social responsibility (CSR) by concentrating on the mediating role of the intellectual capital
and ethical culture of the organization. Data for this study was collected through personally
administered questionnaire survey from manufacturing sector of Pakistan and utilized 357
questionnaires for analysis. After the collection of data from respondents, statistical tools
including correlation analysis and structural equation modeling were employed in the
present study. This study concludes that ethical leadership positively affects CSR. This
study finds the presence of ethical culture, social capital and human capital as mediator in
relationship between ethical leadership and CSR. This study is the first attempt in Pakistan
towards the perspective i.e. ethical leadership, ethical culture, and intellectual capital in
relation to CSR. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-be911396b5d848929950f48fc7c870742022-12-21T18:58:40ZengJohar Education SocietyPakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences1997-85532309-86192017-12-011139771004Development of CSR through Ethical Leadership: Constructive Role of Ethical Culture and Intellectual CapitalIrfan Ullah (Corresponding author) 0Department of Business Administration, Iqra University, Islamabad, PakistanIn the contemporary era, the scandals of business leaders have shaken the trust and belief of stakeholders in corporate as well as in public sector organizations. The practitioners and scholars are progressively concerned about moral concerns associated with businesses, however, empirical and theoretical developments are still lacking. The prime purpose of the present study is to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and corporate social responsibility (CSR) by concentrating on the mediating role of the intellectual capital and ethical culture of the organization. Data for this study was collected through personally administered questionnaire survey from manufacturing sector of Pakistan and utilized 357 questionnaires for analysis. After the collection of data from respondents, statistical tools including correlation analysis and structural equation modeling were employed in the present study. This study concludes that ethical leadership positively affects CSR. This study finds the presence of ethical culture, social capital and human capital as mediator in relationship between ethical leadership and CSR. This study is the first attempt in Pakistan towards the perspective i.e. ethical leadership, ethical culture, and intellectual capital in relation to CSR.http://www.jespk.net/publications/403.pdfethical leadershipethical culturesocial capitalhuman capitalintellectual capitalcorporate social responsibility |
| spellingShingle | Irfan Ullah (Corresponding author) Development of CSR through Ethical Leadership: Constructive Role of Ethical Culture and Intellectual Capital Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences ethical leadership ethical culture social capital human capital intellectual capital corporate social responsibility |
| title | Development of CSR through Ethical Leadership: Constructive Role of Ethical Culture and Intellectual Capital |
| title_full | Development of CSR through Ethical Leadership: Constructive Role of Ethical Culture and Intellectual Capital |
| title_fullStr | Development of CSR through Ethical Leadership: Constructive Role of Ethical Culture and Intellectual Capital |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of CSR through Ethical Leadership: Constructive Role of Ethical Culture and Intellectual Capital |
| title_short | Development of CSR through Ethical Leadership: Constructive Role of Ethical Culture and Intellectual Capital |
| title_sort | development of csr through ethical leadership constructive role of ethical culture and intellectual capital |
| topic | ethical leadership ethical culture social capital human capital intellectual capital corporate social responsibility |
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