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Training on corporate social responsibility in Japanese companies based on a survey
Yashiro, Kyoko Yoshida, Tomoko Suzuki, Yuka
Yashiro, Kyoko
Yoshida, Tomoko
Suzuki, Yuka
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This study was done firstly to find out what kind of CSR training programs are currently administered and attended in Japanese companies, and secondly to find out what kind of CSR trainings companies want in the future. Thirdly to find out what influences participation in and evaluation of those CSR training programs. This study employed a multilevel analysis to examine which individual-level and organizational level variables explained participation in and evaluation of CSR-related training programs. The contact hypothesis was used as our theoretical framework. Number of foreign subsidiaries, number of foreign friends, proficiency in a foreign language, and overseas experience were used as proxies for the contact hypothesis. The results of the survey showed that compliance, harassment, ISO, communication, diversity training programs received high attendance, and more diversity, accountability, communication, compliance training programs were desired by the employees. The survey showed that interest in CSR was high among the responding companies and that the programs were in general positively evaluated by the participants. It also revealed the fact that middle and small size companies were reluctant to report on CSR, and even among the companies which responded to the survey many wanted more information, guidance and advice on CSR training programs. The analysis showed that the data merited a multilevel analysis as both individual-level as well as organizational-level data were significant in explaining both participation and evaluation of CSR-related training programs. While interest in CSR (organizational and individual level) tended to explain both participation and positive evaluation of CSR-related training programs, our extension of the contact hypothesis was not as consistent in explaining both.
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2008
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