Improving the Effectiveness and Credibility of Corporate Social-Responsibility Messaging: An Austrian Model Identifies Influential CSR Content and Communication Channels
Verena Gruber, Magdalena Kaliauer and Bodo B. Schlegelmilch
Scholarly work over the past 15 years has demonstrated that corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives can have a positive impact on consumer behavior toward brands.
Gruber, Kaliauer and SchegelmilchMANAGEMENT SLANT
- Consumers find specific information about the impact of CSR more credible than broad
references. An “amount-of-CO2-saved” attribution is
preferable over a “protects-the-environment”...