<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper focuses on the main features of corporate volunteering in companies from the Sverdlovsk region (Russian Federation), with a population surpassing 4.5 million inhabitants. Corporate volunteering is analyzed in the context of the trend characteristic for the post-Soviet space. The article systematizes approaches to the definition and study of this phenomenon, implemented by researchers from different countries. The main goal of the article is to identify the specific features of corporate volunteering in a large Russian region, considered typical for industrial territories in post-Soviet areas, seen through the social value that local communities attribute to corporate volunteering. The paper is based on the results of a public opinion poll and structured interviews, carried out in the Sverdlovsk region, where there is a concentration of enterprises of “hard” industries. The responses obtained in the poll were further subjected to analysis using statistical methods. The data are supplemented with information collected through the qualitative interviews. Interviewed experts are the top managers of enterprises and the deputy directors for HR, GR, or social issues. The study shows that in Russian industrial cities, where large enterprises are the main employers for most residents, many questions on the implementation of social policy fall under the responsibility of these enterprises, and not of the local government. Researchers argue that corporate volunteering is not widespread in the large Russian regions. It most often develops within the framework of event planning and environmental projects, managed by enterprises in cooperation with social and cultural institutions of local communities and not with the non-profit sector. The traditions of the organization of mass social work formed during the socialist period are still deeply rooted in enterprises, and managers rarely identify volunteering as a new managerial tool, thus being untangled from the global trend of promoting corporate volunteerism as a means of building corporate culture.</p></abstract>

The paper focuses on the main features of corporate volunteering in companies from the Sverdlovsk region (Russian Federation), with a population surpassing 4.5 million inhabitants. Corporate volunteering is analyzed in the context of the trend characteristic for the post-Soviet space. The article systematizes approaches to the definition and study of this phenomenon, implemented by researchers from different countries. The main goal of the article is to identify the specific features of corporate volunteering in a large Russian region, considered typical for industrial territories in post-Soviet areas, seen through the social value that local communities attribute to corporate volunteering. The paper is based on the results of a public opinion poll and structured interviews, carried out in the Sverdlovsk region, where there is a concentration of enterprises of “hard” industries. The responses obtained in the poll were further subjected to analysis using statistical methods. The data are supplemented with information collected through the qualitative interviews. Interviewed experts are the top managers of enterprises and the deputy directors for HR, GR, or social issues. The study shows that in Russian industrial cities, where large enterprises are the main employers for most residents, many questions on the implementation of social policy fall under the responsibility of these enterprises, and not of the local government. Researchers argue that corporate volunteering is not widespread in the large Russian regions. It most often develops within the framework of event planning and environmental projects, managed by enterprises in cooperation with social and cultural institutions of local communities and not with the non-profit sector. The traditions of the organization of mass social work formed during the socialist period are still deeply rooted in enterprises, and managers rarely identify volunteering as a new managerial tool, thus being untangled from the global trend of promoting corporate volunteerism as a means of building corporate culture.

Corporate volunteering in the large enterprises’ social mission – the case of a post-Soviet Russian industrial region

Central European Journal of Public Policy

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The paper focuses on the main features of corporate volunteering in companies from the Sverdlovsk region (Russian Federation), with a population surpassing 4.5...

	Value	Approx. sig.
Experience of corporate volunteering and assistance in organizing mass sports events	0.220	0.000
Experience of corporate volunteerism in the provision of educational activities	0.160	0.000
Experience of corporate volunteering in the organization of concerts, exhibitions, performances	0.380	0.000
Experience of corporate volunteering and participation in environmental projects, subbotniks, and improvement and cleaning of the territory of your village	0.218	0.01

Pearson chi-square
	Value	df	Asymp. sig. (2-sided)
Experience of corporate volunteering and age	1.626	2	0.444
Experience of corporate volunteering and income	6.160	5	0.291
Experience of corporate volunteering and type of the city	3.743	2	0.154
Phi correlation
	Value		Approx. sig.
Experience of corporate volunteering and gender	0.159		0.01
Experience of corporate volunteering and higher education	0.221		0.004

Corporate volunteering in the large enterprises’ social mission – the case of a post-Soviet Russian industrial region

Online veröffentlicht: 25. März 2020

Seitenbereich: 31 - 42

Eingereicht: 06. Aug. 2019

Akzeptiert: 18. Jan. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2020-0001

Schlüsselwörter
social policy, corporate volunteering, social participation, social projects, social responsibility of corporations (CSR)

© 2020 Maria Pevnaya et al., published by Sciendo

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Correlation of the experience of corporate volunteering and other types of prosocial behavior in the Sverdlovsk region (Phi correlation test)

Symmetric measures regarding the experience of corporate volunteering and socio-demographic characteristics of the inhabitants of the Sverdlovsk region

Corporate volunteering in the large enterprises’ social mission – the case of a post-Soviet Russian industrial region

Online veröffentlicht: 25. März 2020

Seitenbereich: 31 - 42

Eingereicht: 06. Aug. 2019

Akzeptiert: 18. Jan. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cejpp-2020-0001

Schlüsselwörtersocial policy, corporate volunteering, social participation, social projects, social responsibility of corporations (CSR)

© 2020 Maria Pevnaya et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Correlation of the experience of corporate volunteering and other types of prosocial behavior in the Sverdlovsk region (Phi correlation test)

Symmetric measures regarding the experience of corporate volunteering and socio-demographic characteristics of the inhabitants of the Sverdlovsk region

Schlüsselwörter
social policy, corporate volunteering, social participation, social projects, social responsibility of corporations (CSR)