Factors Inhibiting Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives Among Construction Companies
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چکیده
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one of the best strategies that companies used in minimising negative societal and environmental impacts, enhancing economic development improving social progress concurrently. However, there are many factors discouraging construction to implement or establish a CSR plan. Furthermore, few empirical studies relation construction, majority research on implementation rooted organisational context developed world. Therefore, current study seeks investigate inhibiting initiatives among within developing country such as Nigeria. The adopted survey method. Questionnaires were administered purposively selected group managing directors, other top professionals management personnel involved operation small, medium large A total 196 questionnaires sampled respondents out which 119 representing 61% adequately filled returned. data collected analysed using descriptive inferential statistics. results revealed corruption tendencies borne from lack transparency between government, benefits measurement, financial resources, inadequate support governmental five In addition, that, no statistically significant difference indigenous expatriate partly indigenous/partly companies. findings provide in-depth insight programmes can help facilitate required mitigate programmes.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Construction economics and building
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2204-9029']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v21i1.7359