Development of corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises and its nexus with quality management

The role and impact of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the economy means that it is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss the importance of the latter in socially relevant issues as important as employment, innovation and standard of living. Through content analysis, this study mainly pr...

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Autores principales: Manuel Larrán Jorge, Jesús Herrera Madueño, María Paula Lechuga Sancho, Domingo Martínez-Martínez
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:cc09cc0bf21a42979932292012897d1b2021-12-02T10:44:29ZDevelopment of corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises and its nexus with quality management2331-197510.1080/23311975.2016.1228569https://doaj.org/article/cc09cc0bf21a42979932292012897d1b2016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2016.1228569https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975The role and impact of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the economy means that it is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss the importance of the latter in socially relevant issues as important as employment, innovation and standard of living. Through content analysis, this study mainly provides a literature survey about the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in relation to quality management in SMEs. It seeks to identify main CSR practices SMEs develop, and investigate if they are related to quality management practices directly or at least implicitly. This would help us to identify parallels between quality management and the importance of conducting socially responsible management. Using 107 empirical studies from 1976 to September 2014, this study provides a baseline for future empirical studies in these areas. For this purpose, main topics and practices of CSR in the SME context are identified. Specifically, we arrive at the conclusion that these firms are increasingly integrating both CSR and quality management practices to comply with stakeholders needs, and that most common social and environmental practices facilitate the development of quality management practices.Manuel Larrán JorgeJesús Herrera MadueñoMaría Paula Lechuga SanchoDomingo Martínez-MartínezTaylor & Francis Grouparticlecontent analysiscorporate social responsibilitytotal quality managementsmall and medium-sized enterprisessustainability managementBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2016)
institution DOAJ
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topic content analysis
corporate social responsibility
total quality management
small and medium-sized enterprises
sustainability management
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle content analysis
corporate social responsibility
total quality management
small and medium-sized enterprises
sustainability management
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Manuel Larrán Jorge
Jesús Herrera Madueño
María Paula Lechuga Sancho
Domingo Martínez-Martínez
Development of corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises and its nexus with quality management
description The role and impact of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the economy means that it is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss the importance of the latter in socially relevant issues as important as employment, innovation and standard of living. Through content analysis, this study mainly provides a literature survey about the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in relation to quality management in SMEs. It seeks to identify main CSR practices SMEs develop, and investigate if they are related to quality management practices directly or at least implicitly. This would help us to identify parallels between quality management and the importance of conducting socially responsible management. Using 107 empirical studies from 1976 to September 2014, this study provides a baseline for future empirical studies in these areas. For this purpose, main topics and practices of CSR in the SME context are identified. Specifically, we arrive at the conclusion that these firms are increasingly integrating both CSR and quality management practices to comply with stakeholders needs, and that most common social and environmental practices facilitate the development of quality management practices.
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author Manuel Larrán Jorge
Jesús Herrera Madueño
María Paula Lechuga Sancho
Domingo Martínez-Martínez
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Jesús Herrera Madueño
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title Development of corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises and its nexus with quality management
title_short Development of corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises and its nexus with quality management
title_full Development of corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises and its nexus with quality management
title_fullStr Development of corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises and its nexus with quality management
title_full_unstemmed Development of corporate social responsibility in small and medium-sized enterprises and its nexus with quality management
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