The paper is devoted to building up a comprehensive model of the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability practices based on the analysis of their main predictors to ease the process of managing CSR and sustainability activities and provide practical recommendations for businesses regarding successful realization of their business, social and sustainable development goals. Currently, businesses integrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability practices into their strategies to enable the fulfillment of sustainability goals and gain competitive advantages. Therefore, to achieve the aim of the study, a systematic review methodology was used in six stages: (1) defining the benchmarks; (2) extraction of papers from the two most cited databases: Web of Science and Scopus; (3) Manual content analysis of all extracted papers; (4) Identification of the dominant categories of this research topic; (5) The development of a comprehensive model of the relationship between CSR and sustainability, and(6) Discussion and control of obtained results and provision of recommendations for future studies. The model suggested is seen as a roadmap for organizations in different sectors of the economy and includes a variety of determinants that were divided into two groups depending on their relevance to an organization: the components of human and social capital, the technical characteristics of an organization and financial dimensions, and the outside business environment, which is determined by the political system and the level of corruption.

This study aims to investigate efficient practices pursuing the sustainability of healthcare organizations, as the healthcare sector and its activities affect different spheres of social life, the economy, and the state’s performance, highlighting the importance of this subject. To achieve the aim of this study, a systematic review methodology was applied, and the data were obtained from 67 papers published within the scope of the two most cited databases: Scopus and Web of Science. As a result of the analysis, the following efficient practices were suggested to improve the sustainability of healthcare organizations: improvements in management practices, leadership practices, manager selection, the engagement of clinicians in the management, the promotion of organizational culture and management style, the promotion of virtual health communication, environmental supply chain management, rational resource consumption, and waste management.

Organizations are encouraged to integrate sustainability into their HRM practices to enhance their attractiveness as employers to prospective employees and to motivate employees to excel, which allows them to recognize the contribution they make to society and the lasting impact they create. Establishing a trusting relationship between employees and leaders emerges as a crucial factor when organizations opt to implement sustainable HRM practices across diverse contexts. Thus, this study examines the role of trust in leaders on the relationship between sustainable HRM practices and employee job performance. Consequently, we employed a quantitative approach in which a simple random sampling technique was used to collect data from 156 academic staffs of three private universities across Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus. The research hypotheses were examined through the application of Smart PLS 3.0. Our results indicated a significant impact of sustainable HRM practices on employees’ job performance, emphasizing the importance of judiciously selecting these practices while fostering a trusting relationship between leaders and employees. These findings offer organizations the opportunity to not only enhance their comprehension and awareness of strategic resource allocation but also to tailor their policies in congruence with the company’s objectives and strategies, thereby ensuring the efficient utilization of resources to enhance employee satisfaction and well-being, ultimately leading to an improvement in job performance.

Accumulation of social capital as a positive externality of corporate social responsibility development in transition economies

Obecny kryzys społeczny spowodowany negatywnymi konsekwencjami globalizacji, migracji zarobkowej i starzenia się społeczeństwa, wymaga ponownego rozważenia roli państwa w sferze gospodarczej i społecznej. Ponadto, w celu osiągnięcia i utrzymania trwałości wzrostu gospodarczego, należy rozwiązać zasadnicze problemy społeczne, takie jak ubóstwo, głód, dyskryminacja i nierówny podział dochodów. W tych okolicznościach praca ma na celu zbadanie procesu kształtowania się koncepcji państwa opiekuńczego w celu oceny roli dzisiejszych państw w okresie kryzysu społecznego. Aby osiągnąć cel pracy, zastosowano następujące metody: historyczną i systematyczną analizę literatury naukowej oraz społeczno-ekonomicznych uwarunkowań ewolucji teoretycznych ujęć państwa opiekuńczego, przyczyn i cech obecnego kryzysu społecznego; analizę skupień krajów europejskich w celu znalezienia podobnych wzorców na podstawie poziomu rozwoju społecznej odpowiedzialności biznesu (CSR), wydatków socjalnych państwa oraz salda budżetu państwa. Artykuł zawiera szczegółową analizę i omówienie powstawania koncepcji państwa opiekuńczego. Z badania wynika, że proces delegowania części państwowych usług socjalnych do sektora prywatnego w formie CSR można uznać za skuteczny mechanizm eliminacji i przezwyciężenia obecnego kryzysu społecznego poprzez akumulację kapitału społecznego. Jednocześnie wyniki przeprowadzonej analizy skupień krajów europejskich dowiodły znaczenia rozwoju CSR jako kompensatora negatywnych skutków kryzysu opieki społecznej i rozwiązywania palących problemów społecznych w większości krajów europejskich. Ponadto zwrócono uwagę na specyfikę krajów postsocjalistycznych w kontekście społecznej orientacji polityki państwa i rozwoju CSR.