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The impact of national institutional context on social practices: Comparing Finnish and US business communities

Purdy, Jill M.; Neill, Stern; Alexander, Elizabeth A.

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Jill M. Purdy

Stern Neill

Elizabeth A. Alexander



Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of national institutional contexts on firms' socially responsible practices, the motives for such practices and methods of organising social practices. Surveys of firms in a liberal market economy (USA) and those in a coordinated market economy (Finland) are compared. Findings indicate that social practices differ between the contexts, providing empirical support for the theory of explicit and implicit forms of corporate social responsibility. The paper offers insight into how social practices are organised in different contexts and a new conceptualisation of the motives for social responsibility. Results suggest that national institutional context should be accounted for in empirical studies of business social practices. Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

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Neill, S., Purdy, J. M., & Alexander, E. A. (2010). The impact of national institutional context on social practices: Comparing Finnish and US business communities. European Journal of International Management, 4(3), 234-256. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2010.033002

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date May 1, 2010
Deposit Date Jul 19, 2011
Publicly Available Date Feb 12, 2016
Journal European Journal of International Management
Print ISSN 1751-6757
Electronic ISSN 1751-6765
Publisher Inderscience
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 4
Issue 3
Pages 234-256
DOI https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2010.033002
Keywords social responsibility, CSR, social practices, national context, liberal market economy, coordinated market economy, institutional theory, Finland, USA
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/982803
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2010.033002

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