Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2021.2017318
The impact of corporate social responsibility on the sustainable financial performance of Italian firms: mediating role of firm reputation
Ye Feng
Rabia Akram
Vu Minh Hieu
Nguyen Hoang Tien
Abstract
This research examines the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) dimensions (employee, customer, community, and environment) on the sustainable business performance of the
manufacturing industry. Manifestly, the mediating impact of firm
reputation is also analyzed between CSR and sustainable business
performance. In doing so, we have collected primary data from
Italian manufacturing firm’s employees using simple random sampling. Smart-PLS was used to test the reliability of the covariates
and relationships among the variables. The results revealed that
CSR has a positive association with firm reputation and sustainable business performance. The findings also indicated that firm
reputation has a significant and positive association with sustainable business performance. Moreover, firm’s reputation plays a
positive and significant mediating role between CSR and sustainable business performance. These results provide valuable
recommendations.
Keywords
Corporate social responsibility; sustainable business performance; firm reputation; manufacturing organizations
Hrčak ID:
302770
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2023.
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