Relationship between corporate social responsibility and employee work addiction

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that organizational Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) improves workplace results like efficiency, reliability, job and life satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to clarify the effects of CSR on work engagement, particularly the possibility of work addiction. This study suggested a conceptual framework that may serve as the basis for further research in order to bridge the gap between the expected positive impacts of CSR on employees that are stated in many studies and unintentional negative effects. A quantitative research methodology and a sample of 250 employeesfrom a variety of locations across the territory of Vietnam collected from Google Form were used to complete this research. This study also demonstrates how CSR favorably affects employee’s organizational identification and work meaningfulness, which subsequently in return inspires them to push themselves harder while putting other aspects of their daily lives on the back burner. So, CSR also unintentionally increases work addiction. As a result, both factors above serve as variables in a buffer in the connection, stifling the negative impact of CSR on addiction to work and reducing its good workplace effects. The outcomes further demonstrate that organizational CSR involvement has beneficial indirect impacts on work addiction through organizational affiliation and job purpose. Discussions about the study and practical implications follow.