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Economic sociology is nowadays a distinct subfield in sociology and may be broadly defined as the application of sociological tradition to economic phenomena in an attempt to explain them (Swedberg 2003). Although sharing most of the concerns and goals of economics, economic sociology diverges from conventional economics in its focus on the role that social relations and social institutions play in the economy (Swedberg 2003).
Although the main authors in this field of research have not produced a full-fledged analysis of CSR, some theoretical perspectives in economic sociology can and have been used to understand phenomena associated with CSR. Research on CSR anchored in economic sociology explored two diverse levels of analysis. At the micro level (focusing on the firm), it analyzes regulatory, normative, and cognitive factors that affect managers’ decisions to adopt CSR practices, having as theoretical basis the sociological...
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Castelo, B.M. (2013). Economic-Sociological Perspectives on CSR. In: Idowu, S.O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Gupta, A.D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28036-8_704
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