Web-based social media have assumed unprecedented importance in today's world, dramatically changing the way individuals interact with companies and each other. Companies are rapidly expanding their use of social media, and many companies are now entering into what we call “virtual CSR...

A study involving a Global 500 company finds that frontline employees’ perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) can contribute to their customer orientation (self-rated) and objective job performance (supervisor-rated) by activating social identification processes. Employees...