Abstracts
Abstract
This paper examines the effect of family control on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in French-listed companies. Based on quantile regressions, our results show that family identity and involvement in capital and management positively influence CSR performance, particularly for low-CSR firms. These findings support the socio-emotional perspective of family firms. However, families with excess control engage less in CSR activities for expropriation purposes. Additional analysis shows that board size and gender diversity attenuate the negative effect of excess family control on CSR performance and help then mitigating the expropriation risk by family-controlled firms.
Keywords:
- Family control,
- corporate social responsibility,
- board of directors,
- quantile regression approach
Résumé
Cet article examine l’effet du contrôle familial sur la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE) sur un échantillon de sociétés cotées en France. Suivant la perspective socio-émotionnelle et sur la base de régressions quantiles, nos résultats montrent que l’identité familiale et l’implication de la famille dans le capital et la gestion influencent positivement la performance RSE, en particulier pour les entreprises à faible engagement RSE. Les résultats montrent également que l’excès de contrôle familial (lorsque les droits de vote sont supérieurs aux droits financiers) impacte négativement la performance RSE. Cette dernière relation est cependant modérée par la taille du conseil d’administration et la diversité de genre.
Mots-clés :
- Contrôle familial,
- responsabilité sociale des entreprises,
- conseil d’administration,
- approche des régressions quantiles
Resumen
Este artículo examina el efecto del control familiar sobre la responsabilidad social corporativa (RSC) en compañías cotizadas en Francia. Basados en regresiones cuantílicas, nuestros resultados muestran que la identidad familiar y la participación en el capital y la gestión influyen positivamente en el desempeño de la RSC, en particular para las empresas con baja RSC. Estos hallazgos apoyan la perspectiva socioemocional de las empresas familiares. Sin embargo, las familias con exceso de control se involucran menos en actividades de RSC con fines de expropiación. Un análisis adicional muestra que el tamaño del directorio y la diversidad de género atenúan el efecto negativo del exceso de control familiar sobre el desempeño de la RSC y ayudan a mitigar el riesgo de expropiación por parte de las corporativa controladas por la familia.
Palabras clave:
- Control familiar,
- responsabilidad social corporativa,
- Junta Directiva,
- enfoque de regresión cuantílica
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