The Relationship between Employee Engagement and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study of Car Dealership in Erbil, Kurdistan
Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Engagement, Erbil, KurdistanAbstract
The increasing awareness of the subject of corporate social responsibility has raised the questions about whether if there is a relationship between employee engagement and corporate social responsibility. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is considering an important element of company’s performance and its activities so employee‘s engagement will have its effects. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between employee engagement and corporate social responsibility. The study was carried out car dealerships in Erbil, Kurdistan. In total, 53 participants involved in this study. The findings of this study revealed that higher employee engagement level could be attained by higher level of corporate social responsibility, accordingly the research hypothesis supported. The limitation of this study was the small sample size; the researchers recommended obtaining bigger sample size for similar studies in the future.
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