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Employees’ Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility Impact on Employee Outcomes: Mediating Role of Organizational Justice for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

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  • Muddassar Sarfraz

    (Department of Management and HR, Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Wang Qun

    (Department of Management and HR, Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah

    (Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan)

  • Adnan Tariq Alvi

    (Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan)

Abstract

Corporate social responsibility is emerging topic in the modern business world. Employees are vital assets for any organization. Corporate Social Responsibility practices have a significant influence on employee’s performance. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between employee perception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee’s outcome in Pakistan for SMEs. Additionally, it examined the relationship of Employee’ Perception of CSR as an independent variable. Further, this study considers mediating role of organizational justice between employee’s perception of CSR and employee’ outcomes. The quantitative method was used to collect data from 300 SME’s. Hypotheses were tested by using statistical software (SPSS). Correlation analysis shows the significant relationship between variables, i.e., employee’s perception of CSR and employee outcomes. Moreover, regression analysis was performed for mediation analysis. The results show that organizational justice partially mediated between employee’s perception of corporate social responsibility and employee’s outcomes. Practical implications were discussed, and future research directions were recommended.

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  • Muddassar Sarfraz & Wang Qun & Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah & Adnan Tariq Alvi, 2018. "Employees’ Perception of Corporate Social Responsibility Impact on Employee Outcomes: Mediating Role of Organizational Justice for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-19, July.
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