The assistant professor of international business examines impacts of formal and informal environments on firms鈥 corporate social responsibility.
Carri Reisdorf Tolmie, assistant professor of international business in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business,聽focuses on direct pressures to firm corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the article 鈥淔ormal and informal institutional pressures on corporate social responsibility: A cross鈥恈ountry analysis,鈥 which was published in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.
Tolmie and co-authors Kevin Lehnert of Grand Valley State University, and Hongxin Zhao of Saint Louis University, propose that the firm’s consideration of multiple stakeholder expectations moderates the complex formal and informal institutional relationships.
The authors write, 鈥淔irms have to account not only for domestic pressures when considering implementation of CSR strategies, but must also consider constraints placed on them from international authorities and cultural norms. Institution theory supports the notion that informal pressures, namely, societal values of self鈥恡ranscendence, have a positive relationship with CSR behavior. This suggests that informal pressures, in the form of values of acceptance and appreciation for people and planet, have a direct relationship with CSR action.鈥
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management focuses on social and environmental responsibilities in the context of sustainable development. The refereed journal has an impact factor聽of 5.513聽(InCites Journal Citation Reports) and is ranked in the first quartile by聽Scimago Journal and Country Rank (SJR).
Tolmie joined 黑料不打烊 in 2013.聽 Her research focuses on corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability and ethics, in particular how these concepts are influenced by culture, consumer perceptions and identification. She earned her doctorate in international business and marketing from Saint Louis University.