Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society

Volume 11, 2000

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting

Corporate Social Performance, Person-Organization Fit, Organizational Commitment And Firm Performance
Exploring Relationships

This research proposes a model, which examines the relationship between an organization's corporate social performance (CSP), its employees and its overall performance. Exploration includes (1) whether the employees view an organization's top management team (TMT) as ultimately responsible for the corporate social performance of that organization; (2) whether the relationship between an organization's CSP and the organizational commitment of its employees is moderated by person-organization fit; and finally, (3) whether the organizational commitment of the employees impacts a firm's overall performance. Propositions, which hope to guide future research in this area, are included.