Corporate social responsibility and essential factors of personnel risk management in SMEs

• Autorzy: Rozsa Zoltan , Belas Jaroslav Jr. , Khan Khurram Ajaz , Zvarikova Katarina

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.17512/pjms.2021.23.2.27

Warianty tytułu

PL

Społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu podstawowe czynniki zarządzania ryzykiem personalnym w MSP

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Properly designed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs can significantly enhance SMEs’ stakeholders’ relationships. The article aims to understand SMEs managers’ and owners’ perceptions of CSR’s impact on personnel risk management in V4 countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). The online survey was conducted from September 2019 to April 2020 based on a sample of 1,585 respondents. The research questions were validated using descriptive statistics, the Chi-square method and the Z-score. The findings indicate that “CSR positive entrepreneurs” significantly consider people to be the essential company capital; therefore, the entrepreneurs are more optimistic about the intensity of personnel risk, they are more optimistic about the error rate of their employees, and they more highly evaluate employees’ efforts to increase performance. The novelty of the article lies primarily in its contribution to the understanding of CSR practices in SMEs. Firstly, it sheds new light on the mechanisms linking CSR and employee outcomes in SMEs, which is still not widely researched. Secondly, the study elaborates on CSR activities’ relevance in the SMEs’ context and perspective on making CSR policy effective.

PL

Odpowiednio zaprojektowane programy społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu (CSR) mogą znacząco poprawić relacje z interesariuszami MŚP. Celem artykułu jest zrozumienie postrzegania przez menedżerów i właścicieli MŚP wpływu CSR na zarządzanie ryzykiem personalnym w krajach V4 (Czechy, Węgry, Polska i Słowacja). nkieta internetowa została przeprowadzona od września 2019 r. do kwietnia 2020 r. na próbie 1585 respondentów. Pytania badawcze walidowano za pomocą statystyki opisowej, metody Chi-kwadrat i Z-score. Wyniki wskazują, że „przedsiębiorcy pozytywni w zakresie CSR” istotnie uważają ludzi za podstawowy kapitał irmy; dlatego przedsiębiorcy bardziej optymistycznie oceniają intensywność ryzyka personalnego, bardziej optymistycznie oceniają poziom błędów swoich pracowników i wyżej oceniają wysiłki pracowników na rzecz zwiększenia wydajności. Nowość artykułu polega przede wszystkim na jego wkładzie w zrozumienie praktyk CSR w MŚP. Po pierwsze, rzuca nowe światło na mechanizmy łączące CSR i wyniki pracowników w MŚP, które wciąż nie są szeroko badane. Po drugie, w badaniu omówiono znaczenie działań CSR w kontekście MŚP oraz perspektywę skuteczności polityki CSR.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

CSR; HRM; SMEs; personnel risk management; V4 countries

PL

CSR; HRM; MŚP; zarządzanie ryzykiem personalnym; kraje V4

• Wydawca: Czestochowa University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Management Studies
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 23, No. 2
• Strony: 449--463
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 68 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Rozsa Zoltan

• Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, Faculty of Social and Economic Relations Slovakia

autor

Belas Jaroslav Jr.

• Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, Faculty of Social and Economic Relations Slovakia

autor

Khan Khurram Ajaz

• Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Faculty of management and Economics, Center for Applied Economic Research, Czech Republic

autor

Zvarikova Katarina

• University of Zilina, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, Slovakia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MEiN, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2022-2023).