Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Network Analysis: Unionized Workers’ Perceptions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Research Focus and Design
3.2. Population and Sample
3.3. Instrument
3.4. Data Gathering
3.5. Analysis Techniques
3.5.1. Treatment for Answers
3.5.2. Network Model
3.5.3. Vector Metric Space Model
4. Results
4.1. Empirical Analysis of the Graph Model
4.2. Theoretical Results
5. Discussion and Conclusions
- Why are sociodemographic variables not interdependent with CSR perception?
- What are the sociodemographic variables where there could potentially be interdependence with CSR perception?
- If the sociodemographic variables show no interdependence, then which variables for unionized workers are interdependent with CSR perception?
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sociodemographic Variable | Statistical Indicators |
---|---|
1. Age | Median: 43.30 years |
Maximum: 66 yrs | |
Minimum: 23 yrs | |
2. Gender | Male: 81.48% |
Female: 18.52% | |
3. Educational Level | Complete Postgraduate: 0% |
Complete University: 12.04% | |
Finished High School: 75.93% | |
Finished Grade School: 3.70% | |
Other: 8.33% | |
4. Income Level | Median: CLP 481,769 |
Maximum: CLP 1,200,000 | |
Minimum: CLP 270,000 | |
Urban Area: 83.33% | |
5. Urbanization Level | Rural Area: 16.67% |
Statistical Indicators |
Density (ρ) | 0.4496 | 0.0394 | 0.6953 | 0.1699 | 0.0747 | 0.4160 | 0.02007 |
2598 | 228 | 4018 | 982 | 432 | 2404 | 116 | |
coefficient | 0.8333 | 0.4587 | 1.0 | 0.7994 | 0.0 | 0.9907 | 0.5092 |
Isomorphism Test | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
0.0 | 554.00 | 368.01 | 552.36 | 508.65 | 140.85 | 580.00 |
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Lillo-Viedma, F.; Severino-González, P.; Santander-Ramírez, V.; García, L.Y.; Guiñez-Cabrera, N.; Astorga-Bustos, N. Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Network Analysis: Unionized Workers’ Perceptions. Sustainability 2022, 14, 4320. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074320
Lillo-Viedma F, Severino-González P, Santander-Ramírez V, García LY, Guiñez-Cabrera N, Astorga-Bustos N. Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Network Analysis: Unionized Workers’ Perceptions. Sustainability. 2022; 14(7):4320. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074320
Chicago/Turabian StyleLillo-Viedma, Felipe, Pedro Severino-González, Valentin Santander-Ramírez, Leidy Y. García, Nataly Guiñez-Cabrera, and Nicolás Astorga-Bustos. 2022. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Network Analysis: Unionized Workers’ Perceptions" Sustainability 14, no. 7: 4320. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074320