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Item Corporate Social Responsibility in the UAE Construction and Education Sectors(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-05) Thomas, Betty ESociety, environment and community in the United Arab Emirates have experienced the impact of industrialization and globalization over the last few decades. This has provided grounds for businesses in the United Arab Emirates to construct a close relationship between corporation, state and society which implies the relevance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This dissertation investigates the perception, policies and practices and the relevance of CSR which is a relatively new concept to the country. The samples selected for the study are taken from the construction and education sectors with a combination of local, expatriate and joint venture businesses. The research focuses on stakeholder management as well as investigates topics such as benchmarking, factors that motive individuals and businesses to practice CSR including small and medium enterprises operating in the UAE. In-depth interviews are the main method of data collection. Thematic and quantitative content analysis was used to evaluate selected research propositions designed by the researcher to explore and understand the new CSR policies and practices and identify how they are implemented in the organizations studied. The dissertation concludes there is evidence for some CSR practices and CSR policies being promoted and supported within the region.Item Corporate social responsibility: tools, drivers, and enablers in the emirate of Dubai(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-08) Malik, NajiaAs the calls to businesses to be socially responsible become more urgent, the main debate in academia has moved away from attempts to reaching a unified definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards efforts to understanding how businesses can implement CSR more effectively. Existing literature proposes that for organisations to become more corporately responsible, significant links need to be established between CSR and HRM. “…an alliance of legal, PR and HR departments can be the key to successfully implementing CSR initiatives.” (Redington 2005:48). Perceptions regarding CSR, its tools, drivers and enablers, are explored through an empirical study of organisations operating in the rapidly emerging economy of the emirate of Dubai. The results show that though the phenomenon of CSR in the emirate has transformed from solely philanthropy to organisations seeking to roll out their CSR initiatives through a more cohesive CSR strategy, the challenge lies in developing significant multiple and explicit CSR and HRM links.Item Impact of Leadership on the practice of Corporate Social Responsibility A study in the private sector: United Arab Emirates(The British Universitty in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-10) Thomas, Sumina ElizabethAn increasing number of firms are acknowledging the need for sustainable business practices. Organisations are now trying to rectify the impulsive, irresponsible, short-term beneficial decisions which have resulted in the global recession. As a result, the concept of corporate social responsibility is a very popular topic of discussion in board room meetings. Organisation leaders are now realising the importance of being good corporate citizens. Similar, to firms in any other developing country, firms in the UAE acknowledge the concept of corporate social responsibility although many of them are yet to implement it. This research study attempts to establish the effect of leadership and leadership style on responsible business practices. The study is targeted on firms in the UAE private sector. The research focuses on the cause-effect relationship between leadership, leadership styles and leadership behaviours on the practice of corporate social responsibility. Attention is given to the new leadership styles in particular. This research also conducts a detailed analysis on the nature of sustainable business initiatives and stakeholder priorities of UAE based firms. This study employs the quantitative methodology and primary data is collected via questionnaires. The research model and hypotheses were drawn by the researcher to comprehend the influence leadership has on sustainable business practices of firms operating in the UAE private sector. Statistical tool used to analyse the data reveal that leadership, styles of leadership and leadership behaviours have a positive effect on corporate social responsibility. Moreover an analysis of the secondary data available on the responsible business practices of UAE firms highlights their stakeholder priorities and trends. This study concludes with recommendations made to firm managers to aid them to implement sustainable business practices.Item Leadership and Employer Branding Impact on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Public Sector of the United Arab Emirates(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-04) Al-Khatib, Hadil TaisierThe purpose of this dissertation study is to examine and understand the impact of Leadership and Employer Branding on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Governmental and Semi-Governmental entities of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), through quantitative methods of primary and secondary data such as questionnaires, face-to-face interviews and extensive academic literature research and theoretical frameworks. Given the fact that today’s leaders in local and international organisations are eager to amplify their CSR initiatives into the social media channels, the findings of this present study would provide practical and realistic answers based firstly on understanding the current status of these organisations, secondly, understand the impact of leadership practices and styles on CSR and finally, understand the mediating role that Employer Branding plays in promoting CSR. The current study aims to shed some light on how the effective provision of CSR using the right set of leadership skills and the synergy with Employer Branding could play a potential Human Resources (HR) tool to increase the favourable image of the organisations towards current and potential employees, and further develop the active CSR engagement of leaders towards the society and community as a whole. The results and analysis of the study based on the collected questionnaires and interviews indicated that there is a strong and positive correlation between the three mentioned variables (Leadership, CSR and Employer Brand) as stated below: - Leadership practiced in the Public Sector of Abu Dhabi has a positive impact on the organisation’s CSR initiatives - CSR has a positive effect on the organisation’s Employer Brand - There is high perception of the role on which CSR plays in Employer Branding in the UAE.