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The Psychology of Corporate Social Responsibility and Humanitarian Work: A Person-Centric Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Deborah E. Rupp ,
Daniel Skarlicki  and
Ruodan Shao
Deborah E. Rupp*
Affiliation:
Purdue University
Daniel Skarlicki
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia
Ruodan Shao
Affiliation:
City University of Hong Kong
*
E-mail: ruppd@purdue.edu, Address: Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, 703 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2081
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The field of industrial–organizational (I–O) psychology has and will continue to experience periods of growth and change. Our field has shifted and transformed along with society, through the industrial revolution, the human relations movement, the globalization of business, and the information age. And here we are, in 2013, at the cusp of what seems to be the beginning of a new stage in our development, this time evidenced by the marked attention that both the science and practice arms of I–O psychology are placing on issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR, Aguinis, 2011; Cruse, 2010; Scott et al. 2013)

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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , December 2013 , pp. 361 - 368
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2013

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