Social Responsibility, Internal Governance and Manufacturing Growth

Yuhong Cao


School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS Cambridge, UK (United Kingdom)

Jianxin You


School of Economics &Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China (China)

Yongjiang Shi


Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, CB30FS Cambridge, UK (United Kingdom)

Wei Hu

736585318@qq.com
Anhui Cadre Institute of Economics Management, Hefei, 230008, China (China)


Abstract

This article presents a structural equation model for exploring the impact of social responsibility, which been divided into responsibility for the internal stakeholder and responsibility for the external stakeholder, as well as internal governance on Chinese manufacturing growth on the basis of data collected from 500 manufacturing enterprises in the East region of China. Our results show that both social responsibility and internal governance have a positive impact on manufacturing growth and promote sustainable development in manufacturing. In addition, social responsibility has a positive impact on internal governance, and the internal governance plays a partial intermediary role in the impact of social responsibility on manufacturing growth. These findings signify that it is important for Chinese Manufacturing to undertake Social Responsibility, and it can provide a beneficial guidance for Chinese Manufacturing Growth and help strengthen the competitive advantage of manufacturing industry.


Keywords:

social responsibility, internal governance, manufacturing growth, structural equation model

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2017-01-02

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Cao, Y., You, J., Shi, Y., & Hu, W. (2017). Social Responsibility, Internal Governance and Manufacturing Growth. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 12(1), 41–54. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4996

Authors

Yuhong Cao 

School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, CB3 0FS Cambridge, UK United Kingdom

Authors

Jianxin You 

School of Economics &Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China; School of Management, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China China

Authors

Yongjiang Shi 

Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, CB30FS Cambridge, UK United Kingdom

Authors

Wei Hu 
736585318@qq.com
Anhui Cadre Institute of Economics Management, Hefei, 230008, China China

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