Ownership influences on corporate social responsibility in the Indian context

Department

Management and Entrepreneurship

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2018

Abstract

The empirical evidence from the extant literature has been equivocal regarding the influence exerted by different ownership types on corporate social responsibility (CSR), especially in developing countries such as India characterized by institutional voids. We use a longitudinal panel dataset of 500 large Indian companies to test a model of corporate ownership forms as key determinants of CSR engagement in India. Based on neo-institutional theory, our model of CSR determinants investigates the roles of three salient aspects of ownership namely multinational ownership/affiliation, state ownership and family ownership and control, after controlling for the influence of firm size, firm age, leverage, the availability of slack resources, profitability and various governance attributes. Our ordered logit regressions indicate strong support for the role of multinational ownership and family control and management in promoting higher levels of CSR engagement. Contrary to expectations, public sector ownership appeared to negatively impact CSR engagement. We offer our conjectures on this anomalous finding and the research possibilities it opens up.

Journal Title

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Journal ISSN

0217-4561

Volume

35

Issue

4

First Page

1107

Last Page

1136

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1007/s10490-017-9546-8

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