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On the relationship of hope and gratitude
to corporate social responsibility
Lynne M. Andersson
Robert A. Giacalone
Carole L. Jurkiewicz
ABSTRACT. A longitudinal study of 308 white-collar
U.S. employees revealed that feelings of hope and gratitude
increase concern for corporate social responsibility
(CSR). In particular, employees with stronger hope and
gratitude were found to have a greater sense of responsibility
toward employee and societal issues; interestingly,
employee hope and gratitude did not affect sense of
responsibility toward economic and safety/quality issues.
These findings offer an extension of research by Giacalone,
Paul, and Jurkiewicz (2005, Journal of Business
Ethics, 58, 295-305).
KEY WORDS: corporate social responsibility, hope,
gratitude
Introduction
With the ongoing scandals in business and government,
organizational scholars continue to struggle to
understand the reasons for a recurrence of socially
irresponsible organizational......

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Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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