The Influence Of Institutional Policies, Organizational Culture And University Leadership On Corporate Social Responsibilities Practices Among Public Universities In Saudi Arabia
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2016-09
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Saad S, Alsharari Fahad
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The role of university has expanded from merely functioning as an academic institution to an institution that practices corporate social responsibility. This study investigates the influence of institutional policies, organizational culture and university leadership on corporate social responsibilities practices among public universities in Saudi Arabia. This study employs a fully quantitative research design in which a set of questionnaire is used as instrument for data collection. A number of 375 university lecturers from eight public universities in Saudi Arabia participated as respondents in this study. These respondents were selected using stratified random sampling technique. Data were analysed using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis; multiple regression. Organizational culture and university leadership are identified as mediator through literature reviews. Findings show that there is a significant influence of institutional polices and university leadership on the practice of corporate social responsibility among Saudi Arabian public universities. Findings also indicate that the influence of institutional polices on corporate social responsibility is moderate. Further analysis shows that organizational culture through the domain of perceptions and expectations and organizational practices, and university leadership through the domain of influencing, relationship, building and implementing have the effects of mediators on the relationship between institutional
polices and corporate social responsibility. Findings of this study illustrate the contribution of institutional polices towards the practice of corporate social responsibility in Saudi Arabia. A suggestion on further improvement of the practice is therefore presented.
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The influence of institutional policies, organizational culture and university leadership on corporate social responsibilities practices , among public universities in Saudi Arabia.