CSR and technology companiesa study on the motivations of implementation and integration in Spanish companies

  1. Bernal-Conesa, Juan Andres 1
  2. Briones Peñalver, Antonio Juan 2
  3. de Nieves-Nieto, Carmen 1
  1. 1 Centro Universitario de la Defensa de San Javier (CUD). Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
  2. 2 Facultad de Ciencas de la Empresas. Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
Revista:
Tourism & Management Studies

ISSN: 2182-8466 2182-8458

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 12

Número: 2

Páginas: 154-164

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.18089/TMS.2016.12217 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Tourism & Management Studies

Resumen

En este artículo se propone un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales para explicar las motivaciones de implantar medidas de Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC) en empresas tecnológicas españolas y cómo influyen en la integración de la RSC la presencia de sistemas de gestión normalizados previos a la implantación de dichas medidas. El análisis de la RSC en empresas tecnológicas se encuentra en un estado inicial como demuestra la literatura analizada. Se llevó a cabo un estudio en empresas ubicadas en parques científicos y tecnológicos españoles. Los resultados del modelo revelan que existe una relación positiva, directa y estadísticamente significativas entre las motivaciones, los sistemas de gestión previos, la implantación de medidas de RSC y la integración real de la RSC en la organización, y por tanto con implicaciones teóricas y prácticas para la gestión de la RSC en empresas tecnológicas cubriendo el hueco encontrado en la literatura.

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