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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2021.vol8.no4.0777

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Practices and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Hotel Industry in Thailand  

TEANPITTHAYAMAS, Amornrat (Faculty of Management Sciences, Prince of Songkla University)
SUTTIPUN, Muttanachai (Faculty of Management Sciences, Prince of Songkla University)
LAKKANWANIT, Pankaewta (Accounting Program, School of Management, Walailak University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.8, no.4, 2021 , pp. 777-786 More about this Journal
Abstract
The main purposes of this study are (1) to investigate the extent and level of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of the hotel in Thailand, (2) to test the different level of CSR practices of the hotel between CSR-in-process and CSR-after-process, and (3) to examine the effect of CSR practices on hotel's performance measured by balanced scorecard (BSC). This study employs survey data collected from 402 owners and executives of hotels in Thailand. Descriptive analysis, paired sample t-test, correlation matrix, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data from the mailed questionnaire. The results show that both CSR-in-process and CSR-after-process practices of hotels were at a high level. However, the level of CSR-in-process practice of hotels was significantly higher than CSR-after-process practice. Moreover, the study found the positive effect of both CSR-in-process and CSR-after-process practices on hotel performance measured by BSC. The results of sensitivity analysis also show the positive effect of CSR-in-process and CSR-after-process practices on each of all six perspectives of BSC. The findings of this study can point to the reasonable reason why hotels should implement CSR practices into their business strategies. In addition, the study demonstrates that stakeholder theory can explain the effect of CSR practices on corporate performance.
Keywords
CSR Practice; Firm Performance; Balance Scorecard; Hotel Industry; Thailand;
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