Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities have been shown to derive from external and internal motivations of a company. Little attention has been given to motivations of managers in large farms and agroholdings to undertake CSR activities thanks to individual values and pressure from institutions. We therefore investigate the types of CSR activities conducted by 18 managers in large farms and agroholdings in Argentina. We underline their perception of social issues and their motivations to do CSR activities. The framework developed in this paper shows that given the lack of pressure from national-level formal and other informal institutions, individual values (informal institutions) and international institutions (certification schemes-formal institutions) carry more weight in managers’ decision to do CSR activities. While some of these motivations have an instrumental background, they overlap with normative motivations that underlie the business activity.
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Institutions and individual values motivating corporate social responsibility activities in large farms and agroholdings
Anna Hajdu Related information
*Corresponding author: hajdu@iamo. de
aPhD Candidate, Department Structural Change, Leibniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
, Marcos F. Daziano Related informationaPhD Candidate, Department Structural Change, Leibniz-Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), Theodor-Lieser-Str. 2, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
bResearcher and Consultant, Department of Institutions, Organizations and Strategy, Food and Agribusiness Program, Agronomy School (FAUBA), University of Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453, C1417 DSE, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
, Oane Visser Related informationcAssociate Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), Kortenaerkade 12, 2518 AX, The Hague, the Netherlands.
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review: 24
(4)- Pages: 669 - 696
Published Online: April 01, 2021
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