NATIONAL CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSES OF PULP AND PAPER COMPANIES IN RELATION TO COVID-19

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55028/184vcs07

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Socio-environmental responsibility, Hofstede's dimensions, COVID-19, Pulp and paper

Resumo

This study investigated whether national cultural aspects influenced the socio-environmental disclosure (SED) of major global pulp and paper producers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research hypotheses were based on legitimacy theory and Hofstede's cultural dimensions. To test them, panel data analysis and the t-test of means were used. The sample comprised 21 companies from major pulp and paper producing countries globally, and the data were collected from their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports from 2019 and 2020, obtaining the SED for the periods before and after the pandemic’s onset. A negative relationship was found between SED and the cultural dimensions of individualism and indulgence, and a positive relationship with the dimensions of uncertainty aversion and power distance. Differences of means were found between SED before and after the onset of COVID-19 for all cultural variables, except for long-term orientation. The findings add to the existing literature on the effects of culture on corporate social responsibility disclosure, particularly for a sector that has not yet been specifically studied in this context. Furthermore, the study collaborates with the existing theoretical literature on the effects of the pandemic on companies.

Biografia do Autor

  • Rosamaria Cox Moura Leite Padgett, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

    Doutora em Administração pela Universidade de Salamanca/Espanha. Mestrado Profissional em Desarrollo Local Sostenible y Economía Social - Interuniversitário Universidade de Huelva/Espanha - Bordeaux/França. Professora Associada da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul - Escola Superior de Administração e Negócios. Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração (PPGAD) e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Contábeis (PPGCC).

  • Matheus Wemerson Gomes Pereira, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

    Doutor em Economia Aplicada e Mestre em Economia Aplicada pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa.Professor Associado da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul.

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2025-09-18

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