INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES AND EMPLOYEES’ COMMITMENT IN FIRMS LISTED AT NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE, KENYA
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Corporate Social Responsibility is the commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce as well as of the community and society at large. This study looked at the influence of organizational justice on Corporate Social Responsibility activities and employee commitment in firms listed at Nairobi Stock Exchange. Descriptive survey and correlation designs were used. The researchers used both open and closed questions, document analysis and interviews to collect data. The target population was 53,203 employees and simple random, stratified and purposive sampling was used to sample 381 employees. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The Statistical package for Social Sciences was used. Multiple linear regression models were used to determine whether mediating variable significantly influenced Employee Commitment. The findings indicated that Organizational justice had significant and enhanced moderating effect on the relationship between employee commitment and corporate social responsibility activities.
Key Words: Organizational Justice, Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Commitment
CITATION: Andiva, Z. K., & Mugesani, P. A. (2020). Influence of organizational justice on corporate social responsibility activities and employees’ commitment in firms listed at Nairobi Stock Exchange, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(1), 911 – 926.
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