Esper et al. (2025), British Journal of Management

Between Strategy and Reality: Middle Managers’ Responses to CSR Decoupling

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Middle managers judged all kinds of CSR decoupling negatively, were most likely to act when peers caused it, and leaned toward resigning when top managers caused it because of the emotional toll.

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