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  • A citizen-centred approach to CSR in banking

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    Author(s)
    van Hierden, YT
    Dietrich, T
    Rundle-Thiele, S
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Dietrich, Timo H.
    Rundle-Thiele, Sharyn
    Van Hierden, Yannick T.
    Year published
    2020
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    Purpose: This study aims to demonstrate how banks can align their CSR investment to community needs and citizen preferences. A grounded theory inductive approach is applied to deliver a community-centred process that banks can apply to inform CSR investment decisions. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed a sequential mixed-method research design to identify areas of need from the perspective of community leaders and members through depth interviews. Following thematic analysis, citizen preferences for eight priority areas were elicited using best-worst scaling (BWS). Findings: Clear investment preferences emerged ...
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    Purpose: This study aims to demonstrate how banks can align their CSR investment to community needs and citizen preferences. A grounded theory inductive approach is applied to deliver a community-centred process that banks can apply to inform CSR investment decisions. Design/methodology/approach: This study employed a sequential mixed-method research design to identify areas of need from the perspective of community leaders and members through depth interviews. Following thematic analysis, citizen preferences for eight priority areas were elicited using best-worst scaling (BWS). Findings: Clear investment preferences emerged with citizens preferring six community investment causes, namely, (1) infrastructure, (2) crisis and prevention support, (3) community groups, (4) youth facilities and activities, (5) initiatives that support the local environment, and (6) physical activity promotion. The forming of community advisory committees emerged as one approach that banks could apply to ensure long-term citizen-centred CSR investment decisions. Research limitations/implications: This study is limited to one community and one community bank and a small convenience, cross-sectional data sample. Social implications: Community-oriented financial institutions should centre investment decisions on community need and citizen preferences ensuring investments made deliver the greatest societal benefit and community support for the banks is garnered. Originality/value: This paper provides important contributions to improve the effectiveness of CSR initiatives, providing an inductive, methodological approach that financial institutions can follow to better align their CSR investment to community needs and preferences.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Bank Marketing
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBM-04-2020-0223
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    © 2020 Emerald. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
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    This publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
    Subject
    Banking, finance and investment
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/399205
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