Linking corporate social responsibility and financial performance: the importance of CEO attention and corporate social performance congruence

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dc.contributor.authorGachigi, Winfred Muthoni
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Dhillon School of Business
dc.contributor.supervisorEscobar, Luis
dc.contributor.supervisorLupton, Nathaniel
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-01T16:13:54Z
dc.date.available2022-03-01T16:13:54Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the extent to which congruence between CEO attention to social responsibility (CEO attention) and corporate social performance (CSP) impacts firm financial performance. This paper argues that the joint effect of CEO attention and its efficacy as assessed through CSP on financial performance is a positive but diminishing relationship. Using polynomial regression and response surface methodology on a sample of 449 unique firms from 2009 to 2018, I find that CEO attention and CSP congruence has a mixed linear relationship with financial performance. Financial performance is highest when CEO attention and CSP are both equally low/high depending on the financial performance measure. The findings also showed that disproportionate levels of CEO attention and CSP were not significantly related to financial performance. This study contributes to the broader field of CSR research by introducing CEO attention and CSP congruence.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6151
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0454en_US
dc.proquest.subject0310en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dhillon School of Business
dc.publisher.facultyDhillon School of Businessen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Dhillon School of Business)
dc.subjectcorporate social responsibilityen_US
dc.subjectCEO attention
dc.subjectsocial performance
dc.subjectcongruence
dc.subjectfinancial performance
dc.subject.lcshSocial responsibility of business
dc.subject.lcshChief executive officers
dc.subject.lcshBusiness enterprises--Finance
dc.subject.lcshCorporations--Finance
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.titleLinking corporate social responsibility and financial performance: the importance of CEO attention and corporate social performance congruenceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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