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A Bibliometric Analysis of 30 Years of Research and Theory on Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Performance

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De Bakker, Frank G. A., Groenewegen, Peter, Den Hond, Frank·2005·Business & Society
DOI 10.1177/0007650305278086
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Social responsibilities of businesses and their managers have been discussed since the 1950s. Yet no consensus about progress has been achieved in the corporate social responsibility/corporate social performance literature. In this article, we seek to analyze three views on this literature. One view is that development occurred from conceptual vagueness, through clarification of central constructs and their relationships, to the testing of theory—a process supported by increased sophistication in research methods. In contrast, other authors claim that hardly any progress is to be expected because of the inherently normative character of the literature. A final view is that progress in the literature on the social responsibilities of business is obscured or even hampered by the continuing introduction of newconstructs. This article explores which of these three views better describes the evolution of the literature during a period of 30 years and suggests implications for further research.

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Authors
De Bakker, F. G. A., Groenewegen, P., & Den Hond, F.
Venue
Business & Society
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2005-09
Volume
44
Issue
3
Pages
283-317
ISSN
  • 0007-6503 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-4205
DOI
10.1177/0007650305278086
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1,085
References
64
FWCI
75.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
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De Bakker, F. G. A., Groenewegen, P., & Den Hond, F. (2005). A Bibliometric Analysis of 30 Years of Research and Theory on Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Social Performance. Business & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650305278086

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