Analyzing the nature of self-transcendent emotional elicitors in corporate social advocacy messages

A Abitbol, MS VanDyke - Public Relations Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Consumer reaction toward corporate social advocacy (CSA) stances can often be swift and
visceral. These reactions may be due to messages evoking emotions that are self …

Examining consumer attitudes toward CSR and CSA messages

H Overton, JK Kim, N Zhang, S Huang - Public Relations Review, 2021 - Elsevier
This study conducts a 2 (message type: CSR vs. CSA) x 2 (source: company vs. nonprofit
organization) factorial online experiment to examine impacts on individuals' attitude …

Designing effective corporate social advocacy campaigns using valence, arousal, and issue salience

C DiRusso, C Buckley, P Diddi, FE Dardis… - Public Relations …, 2022 - Elsevier
Corporate social advocacy (CSA) is a growing communications practice that involves
corporations taking a public stance on a controversial social issue. Some CSA campaigns …

Matching words with actions: Understanding the effects of CSA stance-action consistency on negative consumer responses

Z Zhou, C Dong - Corporate Communications: An International …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Despite corporate social advocacy (CSA) has become a popular phenomenon,
less is known about the potential negative public responses to corporations' CSA …

Corporate social advocacy or social issues management? Examining state flagship universities' responses to the killing of George Floyd

DT Ashby-King - Public Relations Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Colleges and universities are social institutions often called on to speak about socio-political
issues (eg, racism). Critics have suggested that when responding to instances of racism on …

Walking the tightrope: how does corporate advocacy for controversial social issues catalyze change or spark backlash?

SE Byun, M Mann - Public relations review, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite a growing trend in corporate social advocacy (CSA), public responses to a
company's stance on controversial issues have been understudied. Using an online survey …

Examining the determinants of consumer support for corporate social advocacy

JK Kim, H Overton, K Alharbi, J Carter… - … : An International Journal, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) as a theoretical framework, this study
investigates individual level psychological determinants of individuals word-of-mouth (WOM) …

Citizen brand: The emergence of brandstanding as organizational engagement and civic duty

L Capizzo, JI Iannacone - Public Relations Review, 2023 - Elsevier
The concept of brandstanding has been embraced by leading public relations firms and
practitioners, but is virtually absent from scholarship. This conceptual essay defines …

Exploring predictors of consumer digital engagement and political consumerism in corporate political advocacy

L You, R Wang, X Lan, L Hon - Telematics and Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Though a nascent field, corporate political advocacy has gained increasing attention as
practitioners and scholars seek to understand how companies perform their community …

Testing Publics' Perceptions of Corporate Social Advocacy Messaging: Linking Organizational and Social Outcomes

B Song, M Choi - International Journal of Strategic Communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Corporate social advocacy (CSA) refers to an organization taking a public stance on
controversial social-political issues. Aiming at influencing individual attitudes towards hot …