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Citizens’ Perceptions on Social Responsibility in Public Administration Organizations: A Case Study on Spain

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

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Title Citizens’ Perceptions on Social Responsibility in Public Administration Organizations: A Case Study on Spain
 
Creator VÁZQUEZ, José Luis; Professor, Department of Business Management and
Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of León, León, Spain
AZA, Carlota L.; Research Fellow, Department of Business Management and Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of León, León, Spain
LANERO, Ana; Assistant Professor, Department of Business Management and Economy, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of León, León, Spain
 
Subject social responsibility, public administration organizations, public universities, private companies, citizens’ expectations.
 
Description This paper analyzes citizens’ expectations on social responsibility of public administration organizations in comparison to other public and private organizations, and argues that the mission attributed to different institutions in society might guide citizens’ perceptions and thresholds of satisfaction with sustainability standards. Three different survey studies were carried out to analyze citizens’ expectations of social responsibility of public administration organizations, private companies and a public university in the same Spanish region. A list of indicators defining internal and external social responsibility practices was developed to compare expectations in the three institutional contexts, and MANOVA was used to test differences between participants in the three surveys. Results support the notion that citizens’ expectations of social responsibility are related to perceived organizational goals in private and public contexts and the specific dimension of responsibility considered. Particularly, participants displayed higher expectations of external social responsibility in public administration organizations than in private companies and the public university analyzed, whereas citizens’ expectations of internal social responsibility were more homogeneous in public and private contexts. Implications of the study and suggestions for further research are discussed.
 
Publisher Babes Bolyai University
 
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Date 2016-06-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/489
 
Source Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences; 2016: Issue No. 48 E/June; 166-183
18422845
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/489/478
 
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