ÖMER YAZICI, Douglas MCWILLIAMS, SEYDAHMET ERCAN

CSR COMPARISON BETWEEN FAMILY BUSINESSES AND NON-FAMILY BUSINESS

This paper is designed to explore whether family businesses outperform nonfamily businesses regarding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) performance. Upon comparing the CSR performances of 64 top family businesses in the US with CSR performances of the top nonfamily businesses in the US; the results have showed that nonfamily businesses outperform family businesses on CSR. Analysis of four out of five categories of CSR performance resulted in favor of nonfamily businesses and no statistical difference was found in one category. Hence, results show that family businesses are reluctant to corporate social responsibility concern. The result of this study may suggest that family businesses are self-interested; however, some research literature may advise otherwise. Strong agency problems and having family influence in the top management team composition may be shown as the main reason behind this phenomenon. Also results show that among the family businesses, increased family member presence in the top management has a positive effect on CSR performance. For further analysis and future studies, recommendations are made in the conclusion section.

AİLE ŞİRKETLERİNİN AİLE ŞİRKETİ OLMAYAN FİRMALAR İLE KSS HAKKINDA KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI

Bu makale aile şirketlerini aile şirketi olmayan firmalarla kurumsal sosyal sorumluluk (KSS) konusunda karşılaştırmak için hazırlandı. Amerika’daki en iyi 64 aile şirketini, yine Amerika’daki en iyi 64 aile şirketi olmayan firmalar ile karşılaştırdığımızda sonuçlar gösterdi ki aile şirketi olmayan firmalar, aile şirketlerinden daha iyi KSS performansına sahip. Beş KSS kategorisinden dördünde aile şirketi olmayan firmalar istatistiksel olarak daha iyi performans gösterirken, sadece bir kategoride aralarında istatistiksel fark bulunamadı. Sonuçlar aile şirketlerinin KSS konusunda ilgisiz olduğunu ortaya koydu. Bu araştırmanın sonuçları aile şirketlerinin KSS konusunda ilgisiz olduğunu gösterse de, aksini destekleyen çalışmalar da var. Önemli derecede vekâlet problemlerinin olması ve aile bireylerinin üst kademe yönetimine ciddi derecede müdahil olması bu çelişkiye ışık tutan faktörlerdir. Ayrıca, aile şirketlerinin kendi aralarında da yapılan karşılaştırmada, üst yönetimde artan aile bireyi sayısının KSS performansını arttırdığı görülmüştür. Araştırmanın detaylı neticesi ve ileriye dönük araştırma tavsiyeleri sonuç bölümünde sunulmuştur.

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