Foreign companies’ CSR themes and objectives in Central Asia

Jennet Achyldurdyyeva; Bih-Shiaw Jaw; Christina Yu-Ping Wang

doi:10.15549/jeecar.v6i2.279

Authors

Ms. Jennet Achyldurdyyeva Institute of Human Resource Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung
Dr. Bih-Shiaw Jaw Institute of Human Resource Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung andKao Yuan University in Kaohsiung
Dr. Christina Yu-Ping Wang Institute of Human Resource Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v6i2.279

Keywords:

transition economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Multinational Corporations, Institutional Theory

Abstract

The study showcases key themes and objectives of CSR of MNCs in transition economies and the types of CSR activities reported to the audience. The contribution of the paper is in bringing insights into the goals, motives, and objectives of CSR of MNCs in Central Asia. The findings of the study are based on the content analysis of the companies’ CSR activities explicitly reported to the audience. Multiple sources of publicly available data on MNCs (CSR reports, annual reports, websites of the companies, local news outlets reporting about CSR of foreign companies) were collected, coded and analyzed to generate the findings. The limitation of the study is in the limited number of companies/countries reviewed. This paper contributes to the literature on CSR of MNCs in transition economies.

Author Biographies

Ms. Jennet Achyldurdyyeva, Institute of Human Resource Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung

Ms. Jennet Achyldurdyyeva is a PhD candidate in the Institute of Human Resource Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Jennet’s research interests are diversity management, cross cultural management, and human resource management. She is a member of the European Academy of Management and Academy of International Business. Email: jennet6688@yahoo.com

Dr. Bih-Shiaw Jaw, Institute of Human Resource Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung andKao Yuan University in Kaohsiung

Dr. Bih-Shiaw Jaw is a Professor at the Institute of Human Resource Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University. He has gained his PhD in Business Administration from National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, in 1994. He held positions of Director, Institute of Human Resource Management; Associate Dean, College of Management and Director of the Institute of HealthCare Management at National Sun Yat-Sen University, and currently is the President of Kao Yuan University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. His research interests are in the area of international human resource management, international organization behavior, and knowledge management.

Dr. Christina Yu-Ping Wang, Institute of Human Resource Management, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung

Dr. Christina Yu-Ping Wang teaches at the Institute of Human Resource Management, College of Management (AACSBA accredited), National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan, Republic of China. Her research interests are in the area of cross-cultural management, corporate sustainability, and CSR and strategic human resource management.

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