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The main purpose of this study is to explore the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on employees working in two United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based companies. “Hilti Emirates” and “EROS Group” are the two companies that engage in a number of CSR applications which were focused on India in 2015. The impact of CSR on the companies is the key focus in this study by gauging employees’ and managers’ perceptions. Primary data were collected by means of a prepared questionnaire that concentrated on employee and managerial behavior and attitudes, while secondary data were collected from theoretical articles and published company reports. Data were analyzed by means of statistical analysis using SPSS software. Methods like factor analysis, descriptive analysis and ANOVA in SPSS software are helpful in assessing the effect of CSR on employees, and hence companies, in the UAE. The main findings of the study are that employees can develop a behavioral change depending on the nature of CSR practices within the company. In turn, CSR polices are sustainable in relation to company profit which may vary from one company to another and one financial year to another. Therefore, this study concludes that employee behavior regarding CSR policies has notable and positive implications, relevant to the company as well as to the employees and management. The two leading UAE companies demonstrate a confluent pattern of CSR practices and effects that may also relate to employee behavior in other economies, although the researchers encourage more investigations to corroborate that view.
Jacob Cherian; Robert Pech. The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Workforce of Selected Business Firms in the United Arab Emirates: A Nascent Economy. Sustainability 2017, 9, 2077 .
AMA StyleJacob Cherian, Robert Pech. The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Workforce of Selected Business Firms in the United Arab Emirates: A Nascent Economy. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (11):2077.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJacob Cherian; Robert Pech. 2017. "The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Workforce of Selected Business Firms in the United Arab Emirates: A Nascent Economy." Sustainability 9, no. 11: 2077.
Disruptive and radical innovations can lead to achieving a competitive edge in technology, design engineering, and entrepreneurship. Likewise, entrepreneurship can encourage more innovation. This article highlights the inter-relationships between these forces and how one can inform and action the others. By examining diverse industries such as Hewlett-Packard; Little Swan of China; Rip Curl, the surfing company of Australia; and others as case studies, and numerous other practical examples appropriately selected from across the last century, the role of technology and design in advancing products and services in the commercial arena is exemplified and demonstrates that there are common patterns over time in which technological and managerial advancements play unique and vital roles in driving markets. The article also identifies the key characteristics of disruptive technologies and those of successful innovative engineers, as well as those of successful entrepreneurs in the field of technology and engineering by examining their approaches and methods to serve as catalysts for future innovators who set their sights on starting up their own venture. Keywords Disruptive innovation Design engineering Closed and open innovation New venture Intellectual property Niche Dominant model Social (or philanthropic) entrepreneurship
Robert M. Pech. Achieving the innovative edge in technology, engineering design, and entrepreneurship. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2015, 5, 4 .
AMA StyleRobert M. Pech. Achieving the innovative edge in technology, engineering design, and entrepreneurship. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 2015; 5 (1):4.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRobert M. Pech. 2015. "Achieving the innovative edge in technology, engineering design, and entrepreneurship." Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 5, no. 1: 4.