This systematic review assesses the development of survey-based small business social responsibility (SBSR) and political activity (SBPA) research over the last 30 years. Survey research designs are ...a widely adopted approach to studying SBSR and SBPA, making a significant contribution to the small business nonmarket strategy (SBNS) research agenda. Survey research has been used in a quarter of the 203 SBNS research publications identified, 60% of all quantitative SBSR studies and 100% of all quantitative SBPA publications. This review identified a total of 53 survey-based studies of SBSR and SBPA in a multidisciplinary selection of 40 top journals. The SBSR articles reviewed primarily focused on environmental themes, CSR strategies, and CSR performance at the macro level and micro concerns around entrepreneurial commitment/attitudes to CSR. The SBPA articles had no clear focal phenomena. The theoretical positioning of the articles used primarily organizational and organizational field level theoretical foundations, in SBSR studies the main theory used was stakeholder approaches/theory, resource-based approaches and (meso/micro) institutional theory, while the SBPA research was clearly oriented toward resource-based approaches. The SBSR studies in contrast to the SBPA research had a far clearer set of established predictor, outcome, moderating/mediating, and control variables. In terms of survey research design the results show a consistent and ongoing improvement of the research designs, but many norms of good survey design are not yet consistently adopted in SBSR and SBPA research. Critically the literature lacks replication of results. Future studies should pursue replication studies and adopt methodological best practice.
•Extensive literature review on social media analytics providing clear definitions of the most common used terms.•Discovery of social media data covers a wide interdisciplinary field.•Data quality ...and description of procedure have much room for improvement.•Majority of social media data stems from Twitter, while sentiment and content analysis are the current prevailing methods.
The spread and use of social networks provide a rich data source that can be used to answer a wide range of research questions from various disciplines. However, the nature of social media data poses a challenge to the analysis. The aim of this study is to provide an in-depth overview of the research that analyzes social media data since 2017. An extensive literature review based on 94 papers led to the findings that clear definitions are neither established nor commonly applied. Predominant research domains include marketing, hospitality and tourism, disaster management, and disruptive technology. The majority of analyzed social media data are taken from Twitter. Sentiment and content analysis are the current prevailing methods. Half of the studies include practical implications. Based on the literature review, clear definitions are provided, and future avenues for high-quality research are suggested.
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In the frame of corporate social responsibility, corporate volunteering is almost exclusively studied from the point of view of companies, while the perspectives of nonprofit organizations are ...neglected. Hence, this article focuses on the perspective of managers of nonprofit organizations on volunteer partnership projects with for‐profit companies. In the center of this article lie nonprofit managers' strategy and motivation for participating in corporate volunteering, conception of corporate volunteer activities, and the often‐cited win‐win‐win aspect. Key findings suggest that a majority of the questioned nonprofits lack strategic behavior and management tools for undertaking volunteer partnership projects with companies. Nevertheless, corporate volunteering is widely perceived as an opportunity and a promising method of raising donations for nonprofit organizations. This article suggests that the key to successful future cooperation between nonprofits and profit‐oriented organizations lies in the processes of internal evaluation and subsequent strategy development.
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Despite numerous studies of cross-sector collaboration, little is known about the perceptions and involvement of beneficiaries in partnerships between HSOs and companies. This explorative, ...qualitative study addresses this gap by offering insight into the beneficiaries' perspectives with regard to a specific form of collaboration: corporate volunteering. Key findings suggest that beneficiaries' perceptions are influenced by involvement in the development of the projects, the perceived quality of interaction, and the sustainability. We conclude that beneficiaries are welcoming the change in their daily routines, while acknowledging the lack of reciprocity. We argue that corporate volunteering does not necessarily produce a win-win situation.
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The main goal of this article is to present the results of a pilot study conducted at the Faculty of Management of the University of Lodz in the period September – October 2017. The surveyed pilot ...group were students of the business analyst who took up employment in a family business. In the study were analyzed both relations between the employed family members who are in direct business dependency and employees from outside the family were analyzed. The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire. The study focused on a psychological contract between participants of family enterprises. Among other things, aspects such as expectations of related and unrelated employees towards the owner, differences in treatment of related and unrelated employees in many respects and readiness to verbalise the psychological contract were taken into account. In order to embed the studied dependencies in the theory of organization and management, a definitive approach to the psychological contract and family businesses was presented. The additional objective of the study is to indicate the essence of the psychological contract in the management process, taking into account the specificity of family businesses. The presented in this article results of conducted study showing the specificity of the occurrence of a psychological contract and the functioning of employees in family businesses, can be a useful hint, helping to shape effective relations between employees and business owners. Effective management of a psychological contract can affect the effectiveness of the entire company management processed.
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Mitarbeitende einer Bank begleiten Sehbehinderte zu einem Konzert, Telekommunikationsfachleute verbringen einen Tag mit manisch-depressiven Personen in der Werkstatt: Corporate ...Volunteering (CV) gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung. Wie nehmen betroffene KlientInnen sozialer Nonprofit-Organisationen (NPO) diese Einsätze wahr und ist der Austausch mit Unternehmensmitarbeitenden tatsächlich ein Mehrwert für sie (wie die Theorie behauptet)?
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The purpose of this article is to identify the essence of the psychological contract management process with special reference to the functioning of family businesses. Relationships were analyzed ...between family members acting as participants in the organization remaining in direct relation to business. Indication of the relationship between management and specific to family businesses psychological contract may provide useful guidance,helping to develop effective relationships between workers and owners of family businesses and the development of effective relationships between employees of such organizations. Effective management of the psychological contract can affect the efficiency o fmanagement throughout the enterprise.
Nowadays, family businesses are of great importance both in Poland and in the global economy. Based on the content analysis of literature and available data, it is estimated that there are ...approximately 2 million family businesses in Poland. In the European Union, these companies constitute about 60 percent of all companies. In connection with the above, interest in the issues of management in this type of organization is constantly growing Kałuża 2009, p. 49. The main goal of this paper is to present and analyze the problems of agency theory that may occur in family businesses in two situations: when the employed agent is related with principal and when there is no relationship between them. The article has a theoretical and analytical character.
Contemporary organizations that want to stay on the market, and what is important, maintain their competitive advantage, should have the ability to cope in a turbulent or unpredictable environment. ...One of the methods currently used by enterprises to cope with the conditions described above is the introduction of agile working methods. Two assumptions were made in this study. Firstly, behind the success of any enterprise stands, on the one hand, a human being and, on the other hand, the organizational solutions supporting him. Secondly, the organizational structural solutions are a management tool, and thus can have a significant impact on the way employees function in the organization, translating into their effectiveness or lack thereof. According to the systemic approach, organizational structure can support or constrain employees in effectively achieving the goals set by the enterprise. The subject of this publication is the analysis of structural solutions, in relation to particular dimensions of organizational structure, preferred by members of agile project teams operating in the IT industry in companies dealing mainly with software development. The aim of the research was to find an answer to the question: Which organizational structural solutions are considered by the members of agile teams as supporting them in agile working conditions? The article is empirical in nature. The research was conducted in a group of 285 employees from purposely selected companies which are part of the ICT Central Poland cluster. The presented results are a quantitative analysis of responses obtained through a survey using a questionnaire.
Despite numerous studies of cross-sector collaboration, little is known about the perceptions and involvement of beneficiaries in partnerships between HSOs and companies. This explorative, ...qualitative study addresses this gap by offering insight into the beneficiaries' perspectives with regard to a specific form of collaboration: corporate volunteering. Key findings suggest that beneficiaries' perceptions are influenced by involvement in the development of the projects, the perceived quality of interaction, and the sustainability. We conclude that beneficiaries are welcoming the change in their daily routines, while acknowledging the lack of reciprocity. We argue that corporate volunteering does not necessarily produce a win-win situation.
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