Recently, the world the social responsibility of the enterprise (Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR) care excursion, the multinational enterprise modern substation global CSR activities also growing importance. Multinational companies into overseas ...
Recently, the world the social responsibility of the enterprise (Corporate Social Responsibility: CSR) care excursion, the multinational enterprise modern substation global CSR activities also growing importance. Multinational companies into overseas markets to developing countries, especially active, along with to the developing country enterprise use of all kinds of resources enterprise's economic benefits, but also to the party whether state how much contribution to the worldwide attention. In China is also rapid economic growth and environmental protection together, consumer protection, product safety and public welfare activities of the social responsibility of the enterprise concerned is increasing day by day, especially multinational enterprise into China's active and foreigners investment CSR activities increased, to join the wto to conform to the international standard efforts and the sustainable development of the leadership (continuing development) propulsion and other reasons, China's concern about the CSR activities. To prove such necessity, this paper proposes the hypothesis and establishes the related model from empirical perspective, which is capable to synthetically reflect the relationship of CSR activities, corporate image and customer loyalty. We conducted a survey based on Korean conglomerates in China market, and then did the relevant analysis.
Specific content, this paper put the Korean enterprises in the Chinese market for CSR activities as independent variable and divided into two types of four elements, namely, economic CSR, legal and moral CSR, charity CSR and regional social contribution activities. As a medium variable enterprise image into the contribution to the image and the image of the trust. Therefore established the CSR activities on the influence enterprise image, enterprise image again to dependent variable of customer loyalty influence model.
Concrete analysis result is, four elements on the influence of the enterprise image, economic CSR, legal and moral CSR and regional social contribution activities on enterprise image two elements have a significant positive effect on. On the contrary charity CSR to enterprise image two elements from statistics to see not produce significant impact on relationship. This is because this paper used to determination of charity CSR factual question main is to ask whether the enterprise positive for money on the charity be caused by, it also can see now Chinese consumers to CSR understanding has increased, the enterprise can't simply use money to do charity activities, but to make better products, law-abiding keep moral, but also to make a contribution in social development it. On the other hand, the enterprise image on customer loyalty influence in the relationship, the enterprise image two elements on customer loyalty all present positive influence. Explain to improve customer loyalty words by improving the enterprise image is a very good means.
In general the results of this study show that CSR activities of Korean conglomerates indirectly affect customer loyalty through the parameter of corporate image. Specifically, the more CSR activities one corporate performs, the more enhanced the corporate image and then the more raised customer loyalty is. This study is significant in exploring the relationship of CSR activities, corporate image and customer loyalty, what's more, it confirms the CSR activities-oriented corporate development strategy for Korean conglomerates in China market.