Perceived Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Engagement among Employees in the Corporate Sector of Pakistan: The Mediating Role of Organizational Pride

The objective of the study was to fill a gap in the literature by evaluating the mediating role of organizational pride between perceived corporate social responsibility and employee engagement among employees working in the corporate sector of Pakistan. For this purpose, the study adapted a cross-sectional correlational study design and a purposive sampling technique to collect data from employees of both genders, i.e., men and women with a minimum age of 18. The study utilized standardized instruments to measure the study variables. Throughout the study APA 7th edition ethical code of conduct was utilized. Out of 300 employees, only 247 completed the questionnaires, comprising 119 men and 128 women; others withdrew from the study. The data was entered into IBM SPSS version 26 for analysis purposes. The Pearson product-moment correlation indicated a significant relationship among study variables, i.e., perceived corporate social responsibility, organizational pride, and employee engagement. The mediation analysis demonstrated full mediation as perceived corporate social responsibility did not significantly predict the employee engagement, while the indirect effect via organizational pride remained statistically significant. The gender i.e., men and women differences with respect to study variables, i.e., perceived corporate social responsibility and organizational pride, were not significant; however, women scored significantly higher on the study variable employee engagement than their men counterparts. The findings provided important practical and theoretical implications.