Researching corporate social responsibility in developing-countries context A systematic review of the literature
Researching corporate social responsibility in developing-countries context A systematic review of the literature
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2017
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Amos, Gideon Jojo
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ternational Journal of Law and Management
Abstract
Purpose – This paper aims to present a systematic review of scholarly articles focused on corporate social
responsibility (CSR) in developing countries and published during the period 2004 to 2014 in international
journals.
Design/methodology/approach – This paper applied a bibliometric analysis to 101 articles on CSR
research focused on developing countries.
Findings – The study confirms that the most prevalent CSR themes addressed in journals have been social
issues, followed by environmental issues in a distant second, with ethics-related issues receiving the least
attention. Also, as CSR research in developing countries constitutes an emerging stream of literature, an
overwhelming dominance of empirical (qualitative) papers aimed at exploring and/or seeking interpretations
to CSR motivations have been confirmed.
Research limitations/implications – An important limitation of this study is in relation to the
methods applied. In the first place, this review is based on two electronic databases: ABI/INFORM Global
(ProQuest) and Web of Science Core Collection: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Science Citation
Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED). This means that research published in international journals that are not
included in either of these databases will be omitted.
Practical implications – This review provides useful guidance for future CSR research focused on
developing countries thereby providing a foundation for future research in this stream of CSR research.
Social implications – The findings of this study suggest that much CSR knowledge in developing
countries reflects the unique social issues that call for companies to adopt different CSR interventions when
operating in developing countries.
Originality/value – Although this paper is not the first to systematically review CSR research, but it is one
of the initial attempts, to the best of the knowledge, to systematically review the state of CSR knowledge in the
context of developing countries
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Amos, G. J. (2018). Researching corporate social responsibility in developing-countries context: A systematic review of the literature. International Journal of Law and Management, 60(2), 284-310.