caa a22 4500 605483396 CHVBK 20210128100431.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2098-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2098-7 CSR and Related Terms in SME Owner-Managers' Mental Models in Six European Countries: National Context Matters [Elektronische Daten] [Yves Fassin, Andrea Werner, Annick Van Rossem, Silvana Signori, Elisabet Garriga, Heidi von Weltzien Hoivik, Hans-Jörg Schlierer] As a contribution to the emerging field of corporate social responsibility (CSR) cognition, this article reports on the findings of an exploratory study that compares SME owner-managers' mental models with regard to CSR and related concepts across six European countries (Belgium, Italy, Norway, France, UK, Spain). Utilising Repertory Grid Technique, we found that the SME owner-managers' mental models show a few commonalities as well as a number of differences across the different country samples. We interpret those differences by linking individual cognition to macro-environmental variables, such as language, national traditions and dissemination mechanisms. The results of our exploratory study show that nationality matters but that classifications of countries as found in the comparative capitalism literature do not exactly mirror national differences in CSR cognition and that these classifications need further differentiation. The findings from our study raise questions on the universality of cognition of academic management concepts and warn that promotion of responsible business practice should not rely on the use of unmediated US American management terminology. The Author(s), 2014 Business ethics nationallicence Cognition nationallicence Corporate social responsibility (CSR) nationallicence Cross-national study nationallicence Repertory Grid Technique nationallicence Small to medium sized enterprises nationallicence Fassin Yves Vlerick Business School & Ghent University, Reep 1, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut Werner Andrea Middlesex University Business School, London, UK aut Van Rossem Annick KULeuven, Brussels, Belgium aut Signori Silvana Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy aut Garriga Elisabet EADA Business School, Barcelona, Spain aut von Weltzien Hoivik Heidi BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway aut Schlierer Hans-Jörg EM Lyon Business School, Lyon, France aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 128/2(2015-05-01), 433-456 0167-4544 128:2<433 2015 128 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2098-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2098-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fassin Yves Vlerick Business School & Ghent University, Reep 1, 9000, Ghent, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Werner Andrea Middlesex University Business School, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Rossem Annick KULeuven, Brussels, Belgium aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Signori Silvana Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Garriga Elisabet EADA Business School, Barcelona, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- von Weltzien Hoivik Heidi BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schlierer Hans-Jörg EM Lyon Business School, Lyon, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 128/2(2015-05-01), 433-456 0167-4544 128:2<433 2015 128 10551