조직 구성원의 사회적 책임 행동: 개념 검토를 중심으로

Abstract

Despite the fact that employees, not just organizations, can implement or
 initiate corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, research on socially
 responsible behaviors initiated by employees has been relatively limited.
 Although there has been growing interest in employees’ socially responsible
 behavior of late, there remains a need to examine the broader concept and
 meaning of socially responsible behavior.
 As such, this study, recognizing the need for research to enhance the conceptual
 understanding of employees’ socially responsible behavior, reviewed the concept
 and meaning of employees’ socially responsible behavior based on commonly
 used definitions from previous research. Specifically, we thoroughly
 examined the concept of socially responsible behavior by posing questions
 about three defining components: the actor (whether socially responsible behavior
 is exclusively carried out by members of organizations conducting CSR
 activities), the intention (whether it always aims to enhance the well-being
 of stakeholders), and the behavior type (whether it is solely at the discretion
 of the members or always serves a functional role within the organization).
 Through discussions on these questions, it is proposed that employees’ socially
 responsible behavior can be defined as in-role⋅extra-role behavior of organizational
 members, aimed at either directly or indirectly enhancing the well-being
 of stakeholders or avoiding harm, and it may have a positive impact on the
 organization in the long run. Based on this discussion, at the end of the study,
 future research directions related to employees’ socially responsible behavior
 were proposed in terms of measurement, antecedents, and consequences.