What's the Value in It? Corporate Philanthropic Giving under Uncertainty

Yongqiang Gao; Haibin Yang; Ya Lisa Lin

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2016.15896abstract

What's the Value in It? Corporate Philanthropic Giving under Uncertainty

Yongqiang Gao, Haibin Yang, Ya Lisa Lin

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This paper investigates whether and how corporate philanthropy (CP) is affected by a firm's perceived degree of environmental uncertainty in the context of a transition economy. Evidence from a nation-wide survey of private firms across China suggests that both regulatory uncertainty and market uncertainty in a transition economy motivate firms to conduct CP. Further, a firm's political ties and financial performance alleviate its response to environment pressures. Specifically, both political ties and financial performance reduce the impact of regulatory uncertainty on both giving probability and amount, but neither affects market uncertainty's impact. This study illustrates the role of environmental uncertainty in driving corporate social behavior among Chinese private firms, and provides valuable insights for CP activities in other transition economies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings 2016
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.15896abstract
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Event	76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016: Making Organizations Meaningful - Anaheim, United States Duration: 5 Aug 2016 → 9 Aug 2016 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2016-making-organizations-meaningful (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2016/1 (Conference proceedings) http://my.aom.org/ProgramDocs/2016/pdf/AOM_2016_Annual_Meeting_Program.pdf

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Name	Academy of Management Proceedings
Number	1
Volume	2016
ISSN (Print)	0065-0668
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-6561

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Conference	76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anaheim
Period	5/08/16 → 9/08/16
Internet address	https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2016-making-organizations-meaningful (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2016/1 (Conference proceedings) http://my.aom.org/ProgramDocs/2016/pdf/AOM_2016_Annual_Meeting_Program.pdf

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Gao, Y, Yang, H & Lin, YL 2016, What's the Value in It? Corporate Philanthropic Giving under Uncertainty. in S Taneja (ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings 2016. Academy of Management Proceedings, no. 1, vol. 2016, Academy of Management, 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016, Anaheim, United States, 5/08/16. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.15896abstract

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