Vol. 20 No. 3 (2023): Memory
Articles

Relationship between corporate social responsibility reporting and employee’s environmental sustainability perception: The mediation role of mindfulness

Gizem Şimşir
Istanbul Technical University
F. Heyecan Giritli
Istanbul Technical University

Published 2023-11-28

Keywords

  • Corporate social responsibility,
  • Sustainability,
  • Mindfulness,
  • Employee’s perception,
  • Construction

How to Cite

Şimşir, G., & Giritli, F. H. (2023). Relationship between corporate social responsibility reporting and employee’s environmental sustainability perception: The mediation role of mindfulness. A|Z ITU JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, 20(3), 499–514. https://doi.org/10.58278/0.2023.23

Abstract

The trend of publishing reports about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability activities has become a phenomenon that is getting more popular in the construction sector. The aim of this study is to discover the perception of employees; who are the ones that experience these applications from the first hand in a company. A pilot survey has been prepared and conducted to construction sector professionals. Factor analysis has been applied by SmartPLS 3.0 software and after the elimination of key indicators. To define “Individual mindfulness” mediation effect has investigated between “Environmental sustainability” and “Environmental CSR” by using PROCESS macro on SPSS. The results indicated that individual mindfulness level has a positive effect on the relationship between environmental sustainability (ES) and environmental CSR. However, other values like; experience, age, etc., have been found irrelevant to this relationship. Therefore, to explain more about control variables; correlation tests have been executed.