caa a22 4500 605486409 CHVBK 20210128100445.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2329-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2329-y Government Intervention, Peers' Giving and Corporate Philanthropy: Evidence from Chinese Private SMEs [Elektronische Daten] [Yongqiang Gao, Taïeb Hafsi] Institutional and resource dependence theories point at the roles of government and peers' behavior as determinants of firms' social behavior. This is tested in this research, with important implications for both theory and practice. Using data from a national survey of Chinese private small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2008, this paper examines the role of government intervention in corporate philanthropy (CP), as well as the moderation effect of peers' giving (both industry and community peers' giving). Results show that government intervention, when using a Marketization Index as a measure, increases CP (both giving probability and amount). In addition, the community peers' giving enhances the positive effect of government intervention on SMEs' giving. But the moderation effect of industry peers' giving is generally not supported except when CP is measured as giving-to-sales. In general, community peers appear to be a clear reference for SMEs and, in relation to government intervention, exert a dominant isomorphic influence. The findings provide strong support to the neo-institutional theory perspective on philanthropy. Important theoretical and practical implications are suggested. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Corporate philanthropy nationallicence Government intervention nationallicence Peer's giving nationallicence Chinese private SMEs nationallicence Institutional theory nationallicence Resource dependency theory nationallicence Gao Yongqiang School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan City, People's Republic of China aut Hafsi Taïeb HEC, University of Montreal, 3000 Côte Ste-Catherine, H3T 2A7, Montreal, QC, Canada aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 132/2(2015-12-01), 433-447 0167-4544 132:2<433 2015 132 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2329-y 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/s10551-014-2329-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gao Yongqiang School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430074, Wuhan City, People's Republic of China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hafsi Taïeb HEC, University of Montreal, 3000 Côte Ste-Catherine, H3T 2A7, Montreal, QC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 132/2(2015-12-01), 433-447 0167-4544 132:2<433 2015 132 10551