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Responsible Leadership: A Missing Link

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Susana C. Esper  and
Kathleen Boies
Susana C. Esper*
Affiliation:
HEC Montréal
Kathleen Boies
Affiliation:
Concordia University
*
E-mail: kboies@jmsb.concordia.ca, Address: Department of Management, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1M8
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Aguinis and Glavas (2013) ask, “When and why does CSR lead to positive outcomes for employees, organizations, and society?” Although the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is elusive and comprises a wide range of definitions, there is convergence on the voluntary nature of these actions. But who implements these voluntary initiatives? CSR will take effect, as Aguinis and Glavas point out, at micro levels, through the actions of lower-level units and employees. Thus, there is a need to specify mechanisms by which macro-level CSR policies result in microlevel outcomes.

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 2013 , pp. 351 - 354
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2013

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