CSR and Family CEO: The Moderating Role of CEO’s Age.Olivier Meier &Guillaume Schier -2020 -Journal of Business Ethics 174 (3):595-612.detailsThis study examines to what extent different types of CEOs in family firms influence external and internal stakeholder-related CSP as compared to CEOs in nonfamily firms. Linking family CEO and nonfamily CEO with CSR outcomes, we provide evidence that family CEOs are positively associated with both external and internal CSR, whereas nonfamily CEOs within family firms tend to be negatively associated with both external and internal CSR. We show that the incumbent CEO’s age moderates the above relationships, indicating the existence (...) of shifting family priorities and suggesting a tendency toward CSR conformity as the salience of succession concerns increases. (shrink)
Exploring the Curvature of the Relationship Between HRM–CSR and Corporate Financial Performance.Olivier Meier,Philippe Naccache &Guillaume Schier -2019 -Journal of Business Ethics 170 (4):857-873.detailsThis article contributes to the general literature on the relationship between corporate social performance and corporate financial performance, as well as to the emerging HRM–CSR literature, by exploring the curvature of the relationship between HRM–CSP and CFP. We advance conceptual arguments in favor of an inverted U-shaped relationship. Our results demonstrate a significant quadratic relationship between HRM–CSP and CFP. We provide evidence that this relationship is not linear or S-shaped but rather inverted U-shaped.