Corporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: Evidence from Ethiopia

Currently, large industries like agro-processing and garment (Textile and Leather) industries in Ethiopia have interested to implement CSR activities. Hence, this study examined the causal relationship between stakeholders’ and CSR implementation in agro-processing and garment industries based on em...

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Autores principales: Anteneh Mulugeta Eyasu, Mamenie Endale
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3ae3c9aee3e04a348bb69f016e1edb872021-12-02T17:00:35ZCorporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: Evidence from Ethiopia2331-197510.1080/23311975.2020.1720945https://doaj.org/article/3ae3c9aee3e04a348bb69f016e1edb872020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2020.1720945https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975Currently, large industries like agro-processing and garment (Textile and Leather) industries in Ethiopia have interested to implement CSR activities. Hence, this study examined the causal relationship between stakeholders’ and CSR implementation in agro-processing and garment industries based on employees’ perceptions. After reviewing several works of literature we developed CSR implementation measurements. For analysis of CSR implementation, a total of 891 respondents were taken from agro-processing and garment industries of the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Then we applied frequency, percentage, Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation model for this data analysis. The empirical result showed that environment, customer, owner/shareholder, community have a significant positive effect on CSR implementation in agro-processing and garment industries. However, it was also confirmed that employees have a negative significant effect on CSR implementation. Consider identified evidence of determinant factors of CSR implementation, managers of agro-processing and garment industries should take actions to improve CSR implementation and to alleviate those problems.Anteneh Mulugeta EyasuMamenie EndaleTaylor & Francis Grouparticleagro-processing and garment industrycfacorporate social responsibilitystructural equation modelBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic agro-processing and garment industry
cfa
corporate social responsibility
structural equation model
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle agro-processing and garment industry
cfa
corporate social responsibility
structural equation model
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Anteneh Mulugeta Eyasu
Mamenie Endale
Corporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: Evidence from Ethiopia
description Currently, large industries like agro-processing and garment (Textile and Leather) industries in Ethiopia have interested to implement CSR activities. Hence, this study examined the causal relationship between stakeholders’ and CSR implementation in agro-processing and garment industries based on employees’ perceptions. After reviewing several works of literature we developed CSR implementation measurements. For analysis of CSR implementation, a total of 891 respondents were taken from agro-processing and garment industries of the Amhara region, Ethiopia. Then we applied frequency, percentage, Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation model for this data analysis. The empirical result showed that environment, customer, owner/shareholder, community have a significant positive effect on CSR implementation in agro-processing and garment industries. However, it was also confirmed that employees have a negative significant effect on CSR implementation. Consider identified evidence of determinant factors of CSR implementation, managers of agro-processing and garment industries should take actions to improve CSR implementation and to alleviate those problems.
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author Anteneh Mulugeta Eyasu
Mamenie Endale
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Mamenie Endale
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title Corporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_short Corporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full Corporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_fullStr Corporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Corporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: Evidence from Ethiopia
title_sort corporate social responsibility in agro-processing and garment industry: evidence from ethiopia
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publishDate 2020
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