"Beyond ""what's in It for Me?"": Employee-Level Outcomes of an Organization-Sponsored Cause"

In the race to attract and retain a generation of employees increasingly looking for meaningful work, organizations are taking explicit action to be good corporate citizens, for instance by implementing sustainability initiatives, CSR efforts, or socially- oriented programs. But key questions remain about how organizations’ sponsorship of and contribution to ideological causes impacts employees and the employee-organization relationship. This symposium highlights new research on the links between organization- sponsored causes, the employee-organization relationship, and organizationally relevant outcomes, such as organizational identification and job performance. We bring together scholars whose research explores the impact and implementation of organizational cause efforts in a variety of contexts across for-profit and non-profit companies. Scholars will also discuss new findings around ideological psychological contracts and the implications of including cause sponsorship as an important inducement for organizational involvement. This interactive symposium calls attention to important issues for leaders to consider as they seek the benefits of making their organizations meaningful. The Why of Work: Ideology-Infused Psychological Contracts and Meaningfulness in Organizations Presenter: Aurelie Cnop; LSE Cause-Based Organizational Identity and the Value Members Derive from Organizational Membership Presenter: Shelley Brickson; U. of Illinois at Chicago Overcommitted: When Companies Deliver More than They Promise to an Organization-Sponsored Cause Presenter: John B. Bingham; Brigham Young U. Presenter: Lisa Schurer Lambert; Georgia State U. Presenter: Gabrielle Cunningham; Brigham Young U. Presenter: Hilary M. Hendricks; Brigham Young U. Do you Value My Values? Benefits of Integrating CSR into the Performance Appraisal Process Presenter: Lakshmi Ramarajan; Harvard U. Presenter: Daniel Albert Brown; Harvard Business School Presenter: Julie Battilana; Harvard U. The Working Poor: Ideological Currency amongst Slum School Teachers in India Presenter: Harry G. Barkema; London School of Economics Presenter: Jacqueline A-M. Coyle-Shapiro; London School of Economics