How Does Internal and External CSR Affect Employees’ Work Engagement? Exploring Multiple Mediation Mechanisms and Boundary Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theory and Hypotheses
2.1. Internal CSR and External CSR
2.2. External CSR and Work Engagement: Based on Social Identity Perspective
2.3. Internal CSR and Work Engagement: Based on Social Exchange Perspective
2.4. Moderating Role of Employee Collectivism and Individualism
3. Methods
3.1. Procedure and Sample
3.2. Measures
3.2.1. Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
3.2.2. Work Engagement
3.2.3. Perceived Organizational Support (POS)
3.2.4. Organizational Pride
3.2.5. Collectivism
3.2.6. Individualism
3.2.7. Control Variables
3.3. Data Analysis
3.4. Ethical Approval
4. Results
4.1. Common Method Variance
4.2. Descriptive Analysis
4.3. Hypotheses Testing
5. Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Contributions
5.2. Managerial Implications
5.3. Limitations and Future Research
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Factor Loading | CR | AVE | |
---|---|---|---|
External CSR | 0.962 | 0.715 | |
ECSR1 | 0.850 | ||
ECSR2 | 0.786 | ||
ECSR3 | 0.838 | ||
ECSR4 | 0.852 | ||
ECSR5 | 0.864 | ||
ECSR6 | 0.851 | ||
ECSR7 | 0.837 | ||
ECSR8 | 0.855 | ||
ECSR9 | 0.867 | ||
ECSR10 | 0.855 | ||
Internal CSR | 0.926 | 0.675 | |
ICSR1 | 0.830 | ||
ICSR2 | 0.845 | ||
ICSR3 | 0.773 | ||
ICSR4 | 0.846 | ||
ICSR5 | 0.838 | ||
ICSR6 | 0.794 | ||
POS | 0.884 | 0.657 | |
POS1 | 0.813 | ||
POS2 | 0.846 | ||
POS3 | 0.823 | ||
POS4 | 0.758 | ||
Organizational pride | 0.891 | 0.672 | |
OP1 | 0.815 | ||
OP2 | 0.835 | ||
OP3 | 0.844 | ||
OP4 | 0.783 | ||
Work engagement | 0.955 | 0.703 | |
WE1 | 0.844 | ||
WE2 | 0.830 | ||
WE3 | 0.830 | ||
WE4 | 0.833 | ||
WE5 | 0.847 | ||
WE6 | 0.835 | ||
WE7 | 0.847 | ||
WE8 | 0.834 | ||
WE9 | 0.846 | ||
Individualism | 0.977 | 0.842 | |
IND1 | 0.931 | ||
IND2 | 0.928 | ||
IND3 | 0.907 | ||
IND4 | 0.906 | ||
IND5 | 0.896 | ||
IND6 | 0.911 | ||
IND7 | 0.921 | ||
IND8 | 0.938 | ||
Collectivism | 0.973 | 0.821 | |
COL1 | 0.923 | ||
COL2 | 0.884 | ||
COL3 | 0.909 | ||
COL4 | 0.887 | ||
COL5 | 0.894 | ||
COL6 | 0.918 | ||
COL7 | 0.915 | ||
COL8 | 0.917 |
Variables | Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.ECSR | 5.248 | 0.767 | 1 | ||||||
2.ICSR | 5.143 | 0.952 | 0.250 ** | 1 | |||||
3.EN | 5.275 | 0.790 | 0.411 ** | 0.493 ** | 1 | ||||
4.OP | 5.266 | 0.851 | 0.482 ** | 0.242 ** | 0.433 ** | 1 | |||
5.POS | 5.118 | 0.933 | 0.338 ** | 0.289 ** | 0.461 ** | 0.353 ** | 1 | ||
6.COL | 5.067 | 1.049 | −0.014 | −0.048 | −0.081 | −0.055 | −0.028 | 1 | |
7.IND | 2.682 | 1.034 | −0.027 | −0.045 | −0.094 | −0.037 | 0.010 | 0.185 ** | 1 |
Indirect and Direct Effect | Estimate | S.E. | BC 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||
Indirect effect | ||||
ECSR→OP→EN | 0.128 ** | 0.044 | 0.055 | 0.231 |
ICSR→POS→EN | 0.068 ** | 0.026 | 0.029 | 0.134 |
Direct effect | ||||
ECSR→EN | 0.146 * | 0.069 | 0.018 | 0.292 |
ICSR→EN | 0.299 *** | 0.063 | 0.189 | 0.436 |
ECSR→OP | 0.539 *** | 0.093 | 0.367 | 0.729 |
ICSR→POS | 0.316 *** | 0.077 | 0.169 | 0.532 |
OP→EN | 0.237 ** | 0.070 | 0.106 | 0.384 |
POS→EN | 0.216 *** | 0.059 | 0.113 | 0.348 |
Estimate | S.E. | BC 95% CI | Estimate | S.E. | BC 95% CI | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||
ECSR | −0.313 | 0.325 | −0.952 | 0.326 | ||||
COL | −0.873 ** | 0.324 | −1.512 | -0.234 | ||||
ECSR * COL | 0.161 ** | 0.062 | 0.039 | 0.282 | ||||
ICSR | −0.326 | 0.166 | −0.652 | 0.002 | ||||
IND | −1.167 *** | 0.304 | −1.767 | −0.568 | ||||
ICSR * IND | 0.230 *** | 0.058 | 0.115 | 0.345 |
ECSR→OP→EN | ICSR→POS→EN | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimate | S.E. | BC 95% CI | Estimate | S.E. | BC 95% CI | |||
Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||
COL low | 0.082 | 0.035 | 0.027 | 0.162 | ||||
COL mean | 0.162 | 0.047 | 0.082 | 0.261 | ||||
COL high | 0.179 | 0.053 | 0.087 | 0.291 | ||||
Index | 0.046 | 0.023 | 0.003 | 0.095 | ||||
IND low | 0.006 | 0.028 | -0.048 | 0.062 | ||||
IND mean | 0.074 | 0.023 | 0.033 | 0.122 | ||||
IND high | 0.167 | 0.045 | 0.086 | 0.261 | ||||
Index | 0.068 | 0.023 | 0.026 | 0.117 |
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Jia, Y.; Yan, J.; Liu, T.; Huang, J. How Does Internal and External CSR Affect Employees’ Work Engagement? Exploring Multiple Mediation Mechanisms and Boundary Conditions. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 2476. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142476
Jia Y, Yan J, Liu T, Huang J. How Does Internal and External CSR Affect Employees’ Work Engagement? Exploring Multiple Mediation Mechanisms and Boundary Conditions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(14):2476. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142476
Chicago/Turabian StyleJia, Yu, Jinglu Yan, Tianyuan Liu, and Jun Huang. 2019. "How Does Internal and External CSR Affect Employees’ Work Engagement? Exploring Multiple Mediation Mechanisms and Boundary Conditions" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 14: 2476. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142476
APA StyleJia, Y., Yan, J., Liu, T., & Huang, J. (2019). How Does Internal and External CSR Affect Employees’ Work Engagement? Exploring Multiple Mediation Mechanisms and Boundary Conditions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(14), 2476. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16142476