This research study attempts to provide a comprehensive CSR literature
review, analyze corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues from the
strategic decision-making (SDM) perspective, and investigate the process
of managers' CSR- related SDM in China. In particular, it utilizes
content analysis to examine selected CSR articles from published
studies, in order to evaluate the trends in CSR theory development as
well as to identify the variables, constructs, and relationships within
CSR theory.
The review indicates that CSR should be involved in organizational
strategies. Therefore, this study reviews the relevant theoretical and
empirical literature in the SDM area. Firstly, it summarizes the broader
context of strategic decisions and points out factors in the external
environment and organizational characteristics that influence the SDM
process of managers. Secondly, it articulates the influences of
individual characteristics on the SDM. Thirdly, it examines the process
of SDM using the rational and bounded rationality theory of decision
making. Finally, on the basis of the SDM model, the author generates a
research model which proposes the links between vital and influential
factors from an integrated perspective.
This book also provides a detailed description of how to choose a proper
method for the CSR-related SDM research, the process of survey design,
sampling methods, and survey administration. In particular, the author
utilized a policy-capturing method to develop a series of scenarios
concerning CSR activities and an explanation of this method is provided.
It reports research findings of this study and provides an extensive and
thorough discussion and compares it with previous empirical studies. The
conclusion summarizes the research findings and their theoretical and
practical implications.
