Sub-project C investigates what role virtues play at the organizational level in ensuring that companies operating in a free market context contribute to people’s well-being.

The leading questions of this project are as follows:

C1. What can we learn from social psychology and management studies about the impact of virtues and vices, as they become manifest in various styles of leadership, on human flourishing in and through companies?

C2. How do different indicators of economic freedom (e.g. size of government, quality of legal system and property rights, sound money, trade openness and government regulation) affect corporate social responsibility (CSR) and how do virtues affect this relationship?

Methodologies used in this project are:

  • Factor analysis/ Principal Component Analysis
  • Regression analysis
  • Binary logit/probit model
  • Panel estimation using data of economic freedom and ESG ratings
  • Regression analysis using data of large survey among European companies

Researchers

Resulting Publications

2021

Corporate Social Responsibility and SMEs: Impacts and Institutional Drivers

Graafland, Johan

Corporate Social Responsibility and SMEs: Impacts and Institutional Drivers Book

Routledge, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, 2021, ISBN: 9781032106724.

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Crowding In or Crowding Out? How Non-Governmental Organizations and Media Influence Intrinsic Motivations toward Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility

Graafland, Johan; de Bakker, Frank G. A.

Crowding In or Crowding Out? How Non-Governmental Organizations and Media Influence Intrinsic Motivations toward Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility Journal Article

In: Environmental Planning Management, 2021.

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2020

Deugden als krachten in de vrijemarkteconomie?

Commandeur, Harry; van Geest, Paul; Rijsenbilt, Antoinette

Deugden als krachten in de vrijemarkteconomie? Journal Article

In: Management & Organisatie, vol. 2020, no. 2/3, pp. 3-9, 2020.

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Deugdzaam leiderschap: helpt het organisaties floreren?

Hendriks, Martijn

Deugdzaam leiderschap: helpt het organisaties floreren? Journal Article

In: Management & Organisatie, vol. 2020, no. 2/3, pp. 10-20, 2020.

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De weg naar deugdelijk leiderschap

Burger, Martijn; Rijsenbilt, Antoinette

De weg naar deugdelijk leiderschap Journal Article

In: Management & Organisatie, vol. 2020, no. 2/3, pp. 21-35, 2020.

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De ontoereikendheid van het verstand en de liefde als kenweg. Theologie als verrijking van de economie

van Geest, Paul

De ontoereikendheid van het verstand en de liefde als kenweg. Theologie als verrijking van de economie Journal Article

In: Management & Organisatie, vol. 2020, no. 2/3, pp. 48-56, 2020.

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Mens en economie. Liefde als het nieuwe kapitaal

Bovenberg, Lans; van Casteren, Sander; van Os, Bas

Mens en economie. Liefde als het nieuwe kapitaal Journal Article

In: Management & Organisatie, vol. 2020, no. 2/3, pp. 57-63, 2020.

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It must be love. Liefde als deugd van de leider

Commandeur, Harry; Karali, Emre; Slob, Henri

It must be love. Liefde als deugd van de leider Journal Article

In: Management & Organisatie, vol. 2020, no. 2/3, pp. 64-79, 2020.

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Culture and institutions: How economic freedom and long-term orientation interactively influence corporate social responsibility

Graafland, Johan; Noorderhaven, Niels

Culture and institutions: How economic freedom and long-term orientation interactively influence corporate social responsibility Journal Article

In: Journal of International Business Studies, 2020.

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Virtuous leadership: a source of employee well-being and trust

Hendriks, Martijn; Burger, Martijn; Rijsenbilt, Antoinette; Emma Pleeging, Harry Commandeur

Virtuous leadership: a source of employee well-being and trust Journal Article

In: Management Research Review, 2020, ISSN: 2040-8269 .

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2019

Economic Freedom, Internal Motivation, and Corporate Environmental Responsibility of SMEs

Graafland, Johan; Gerlagh, Reyer

Economic Freedom, Internal Motivation, and Corporate Environmental Responsibility of SMEs Journal Article

In: Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 1101–1123, 2019, ISSN: 1573-1502.

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Technological Competition, Innovation Motive and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Top Managers of European SMEs

Graafland, Johan; Noorderhaven, Niels

Technological Competition, Innovation Motive and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Top Managers of European SMEs Journal Article

In: De Economist, 2019, ISSN: 1572-9982.

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Government regulation, business leaders’ motivations and environmental performance of SMEs

Graafland, Johan; Bovenberg, Lans

Government regulation, business leaders’ motivations and environmental performance of SMEs Journal Article

In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2019.

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Competition in technology and innovation, motivation crowding, and environmental policy

Graafland, Johan

Competition in technology and innovation, motivation crowding, and environmental policy Journal Article

In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2019.

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Economic freedom and corporate environmental responsibility: The role of small government and freedom from government regulation

Graafland, Johan

Economic freedom and corporate environmental responsibility: The role of small government and freedom from government regulation Journal Article

In: Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 218, pp. 250 - 258, 2019, ISSN: 0959-6526.

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