Leadership Effects on Employee Perception about CSR in Kurdistan Region of Iraq
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https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v5i4p184Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR Practices, CSR to Employees, Leadership, Leadership vs CSRAbstract
Corporate social responsibility has been an emerging issue all around the world after 90’s. On the other hand, effect of leadership on feeling and behaving responsibly toward society is incontrovertible. Thus, the question asks which type of leadership would be more effective on the corporate social responsibility practices toward employees of a firm. Hence this research aims to investigate the leadership style influence on the level of CSR practices toward employees. We have collected data from 197 employees of various private corporations in Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Further, we have proposed structural equations modeling to understand the level of impact. The results have shown us that ethical leadership plays much more significant role in CSR practices toward employees than transformational leadership does.
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