International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2020
Research on Influencing Factors of Construction Enterprise Social Responsibility Behavior Differences in Countries along the Belt and Road
Publication: ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
ABSTRACT
China’s Belt and Road Initiative has brought broad development prospects to construction companies. The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences in social responsibility behaviors of construction enterprises under different institutional backgrounds along the Belt and Road countries based on institutional theory, and to find out the influencing factors of corporate social responsibility behavior differences at the national level. Through factor analysis and cluster analysis methods, third-party data is used to verify the countries along the Belt and Road. The research results confirm that the differences in social responsibility behavior of construction enterprises are influenced by political, economic, and social factors in different institutional contexts. The results can guide international construction enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities more appropriately in the countries along the Belt and Road, as well as deepen the understanding of practitioners and the academic on the social responsibility of construction enterprises under different institutional backgrounds.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was funded by the Humanities and Social Sciences Projects of Ministry of Education (No. 18YJA630113), the Humanities and Social Sciences Projects of Guangdong General Universities (No. 2017WTSCX097), and “University Innovation and Strong” Projects of Education Bureau of Guangdong Province (No. 2016WQNCX120).
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ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
Pages: 712 - 718
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Harbin Institute of Technology, Thomas Olofsson, Ph.D., Luleå University of Technology, and Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8323-7
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Published online: Oct 14, 2020
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