The Role of Owner-Managers in Shaping CSR Activity of Romanian SMEs

Background: While corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a field of study that has gained popularity in the last years, approaches small and medium enterprises’ (SME) contributions to are under debate. Moreover, studies on Romanian CSR demonstrate incremental development such practices, while business an understudied topic. In this paper we present data regarding role owner-managers shaping actions their SMEs Romania, along with opinions what is. Methods: We analyze two sources data: quantitative research, based 109 questionnaires collected from western part also qualitative study, 17 interviews businesses. The presents reality relationship manager’s attitudes, focuses better understanding responsibility. Results: Our confirms high impact owner-managers’ values orientations degree forms firms, reveals definitions given by practitioners. Conclusions: way managers’ see providing welfare influences decisions participate different types actions. Through show managers, whether firm formal or not, consider being fair doing at best as CSR. Those displayed other those who considered it duty give back community. interest stakeholders was mostly have