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Corporate social responsibility and behavioral intention: the moderator effect of contextual factors

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  • Ahmad Al Jarah
  • Okechukwu Lawrence Emeagwali

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the behavioral intention (BI) of customers (e.g. repurchase/revisit intention, spread word of mouth, loyalty, willingness to pay). Design/methodology/approach - A quantitative meta-analysis of 37 articles (n= 34,942) was conducted to determine the effect sizes of the relationship between CSR and BI of the customer. Furthermore, two kinds of contextual factors (environmental context and industry type) have been investigated as potential moderators between CSR and BI. Findings - Meta-analysis suggests that the positive relationship between CSR and BI is well-established and has a large effect size (r= 0.42). Individually, the repurchase/revisit intention was the most affected by CSR (r= 47) followed by loyalty intention (r= 0.41) where both word of mouth and willingness-to-pay intentions were less affected by CSR (r= 0.38,r= 0.37, respectively). Moreover, the result of meta-regression shows that both environmental context and industry type do not moderate the relationship between CSR and BI. Originality/value - The originality of this paper comes from presenting a summary of the direction of research on primary relationship between CSR and BI, as no prior meta-analysis on the primary relationship has been conducted till date (to the best of the authors’ knowledge).

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  • Ahmad Al Jarah & Okechukwu Lawrence Emeagwali, 2017. "Corporate social responsibility and behavioral intention: the moderator effect of contextual factors," Social Responsibility Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 13(4), pages 678-697, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:srjpps:srj-07-2017-0113
    DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-07-2017-0113
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    1. Md. Sumon Hossain & Md. Johir Rayhan & Maeen Uddin & S.M. Masudur Rahman, 2023. "Analyzing the Level of CSR Practices in Relation to Customer Satisfaction in the Context of Banking Industry in Bangladesh," International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Econjournals, vol. 13(4), pages 92-101, July.
    2. Blanco-González, Alicia & Cachón-Rodríguez, Gabriel & Hernández-Perlines, Felipe & Prado-Román, Camilo, 2023. "Effects of social responsibility on legitimacy and revisit intention: The moderating role of anxiety," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    3. Varsha Singh & Sakshi Kathuria & Deepika Puri & Bharat Kapoor, 2023. "Corporate social responsibility and behavioral intentions: A mediating mechanism of Brand Recognition," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(4), pages 1698-1711, July.

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