Bridging Employees' Perceptions of Cooperate Social Responsibility, Sense-Making For Meaningfulness, and Work Engagement For Successful Self-Regulation

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Keywords: Micro-CSR, Work Engagement, Calling

Abstract: This research focused on a calling conditioned path model from perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) to work engagement via meaningfulness under the framework of self-determination theory. Survey data collected from 224 corporate employees in the US were tested using the PROCESS plugin (version 4.3) in SPSS. Regression results supported the positive direct and indirect paths from perceived CSR to meaningfulness and work engagement but not the conditioning effect of calling. Limitations, future research, and implications were discussed as this research expanded the micro-CSR research and unboxed the assumptions of employees as autonomous agents seeking consistent interpretation and authentic perception of organizational practices in CSR during their sensemaking. Non-confirming of the calling conditioning the path model shed light on it being a dynamic multi-dimensional and multi-level construct to be further researched.