Social Innovations in the Labour Market in Institutions Implementing a Model of Organizational Corporate Social Responsibility

Ewelina Wiszczun

Department of Research on Political Behaviors Institute of Political Science and Journalism University of Silesia


Abstract

The aim of this article is to provide a broader look at the issue of social innovations through the prism of the possibilities of their creation and implementation in socially responsible organisations. The author of the article presumes that the ability to innovate in the area of labour market organisations implementing the model of corporate social responsibility is higher than in organisations not functioning on the basis of social responsibility.


Keywords:

social innovations, labour market, corporate social responsibility (CSR), quadruple helix model, social cluster


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2018-02-12

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Wiszczun, E. (2018). Social Innovations in the Labour Market in Institutions Implementing a Model of Organizational Corporate Social Responsibility. Olsztyn Economic Journal, 13(1), 19–32. https://doi.org/10.31648/oej.16

Ewelina Wiszczun 
Department of Research on Political Behaviors Institute of Political Science and Journalism University of Silesia



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