How Can Professional Sports Clubs Enhance the Level of Corporate Social Responsibility Fulfillment? Evidence from Professional Sports Clubs in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13024620 |
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| Authors | Qiao Meng (0000-0002-8075-7171, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, corresponding author), Lian Wang (0000-0001-7630-130X, Chengdu Sport University), Yu Liu (0000-0002-0016-2902, Hohai University), Xinghao Wang (0000-0002-7896-0410, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport), Tomasz Chamera (0000-0002-5381-7634, Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-11 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Societies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2075-4698 • E-ISSN: 2075-4698 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/soc16010011 |
| OpenAlex | W7117716503 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 152 |
This study explores the multifactorial synergistic effects and configurational pathways for enhancing corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance among Chinese professional sports clubs. Drawing on 188 valid questionnaires from Chinese professional football and basketball clubs, the research employs fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to examine the influence of seven antecedent conditions, commercial environment, government regulation, expectancy pressure, economic interests, internal emotional traits, moral quality, and information disclosure, on CSR performance. The findings reveal that CSR performance results from the interplay of multiple factors, identifying two equivalent pathways for enhancement: the coupling of government pressure with internal autonomy, and the coordination of commercial environment with internal moral qualities. These insights clarify the complex causal mechanisms underlying CSR implementation in professional sports clubs and propose two strategic approaches for promoting CSR: optimizing external institutional frameworks and activating internal endogenous motivation. The study offers configurationally grounded pathway options and managerial implications for improving CSR practices in Chinese professional sports clubs
Antecedent (behavioral psychology · China · Corporate social responsibility · Expectancy theory · Football · Government (linguistics · Qualitative research · Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting · Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research · Regulation and Compliance Studies
Corporate Social Responsibility
Redesigning Social Inquiry
Strategic Management
The pyramid of corporate social responsibility
The Role of Institutions in the Revival of Trade
Corporate Social Responsibility
Translation of scales in cross‐cultural research
Corporate social responsibility
Tensions in Stakeholder Theory
How corporate social responsibility is defined
A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Performance
The Company and the Product
Mind the gap
A Stakeholder Framework for Analyzing and Evaluating Corporate Social Performance
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Citizenship
“Implicit” and “Explicit” CSR
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China
CSR and customer loyalty
Toward a Theory of Stakeholder Identification and Salience
Upper Echelons
Common method biases in behavioral research
Constructing a social responsibility system for professional sports clubs based on the perspective of China
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Competitive Business Environment
The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits
Routledge Handbook of Sport and Corporate Social Responsibility
The Comparative Method
Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences
Drivers for Corporate Environmental Responsibility (CER)
Assessing the community beliefs about the corporate social responsibility practices of professional football clubs in China
Analysing causal asymmetry
Exploring the robustness of set theoretic findings from a large n fsQCA
The Regulation of Chinese Professional Football
From Budding to Developing
The Professionalisation and Commercialisation of Football in China (1993–2013)
An Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility
Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests
Fuzzy Sets on Shaky Ground
Designing and Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility
The Iron Cage Revisited
Snowball Sampling
A Robustness Test Protocol for Applied QCA
Assessing the Robustness of Crisp-set and Fuzzy-set QCA Results
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