International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications

The relationship between social responsibility and public acceptance in local communities of mines, with the mediating role of environmental responsibility and the value of mines

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Department of Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of the current research was to investigate the relationship between social responsibility and general acceptability in the local communities of mines, with the mediating role of environmental responsibility and the value of mines. Therefore, in terms of the purpose of this research, except for applied research, and in terms of collecting findings, it was done with the correlation method based on structural equations. The statistical population of this research included the employees of Asfij Coal Company in 2024. Several 189 people were selected as the research sample based on the table of Karjesi and Morgan by random sampling method. The research findings were collected using social responsibility questionnaires of Mignagni and Ferrell [22], the social acceptance of Carroll [8], the environmental responsibility of Carroll [9] and the organizational values of Cameron and Quinn [7]. The validity of the questionnaires was calculated using confirmatory factor analysis and their reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha test. The research data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, structural equation modelling and the Sobel test in the environment of SPSS and SmartPLS software. The findings of the research showed that the effect of the variable value of mines on public acceptability ($F=0.61$), the effect of the variable of social responsibility on the value of mines ($F=0.454$), on environmental responsibility ($F=0.288$) and public acceptability ($F = 0.350$) and the impact of the environmental responsibility variable on the value of mines ($F = 0.519$) and public acceptance ($F = 0.150$) is positive and significant. In addition, Sobel's statistics showed that the indirect effect of social responsibility on public acceptability was equal to ($\beta=0.301$) due to environmental responsibility and ($\beta=0.287$) due to the value variable of mines. Therefore, it shows that these effects are positive. According to the findings of this research, it is suggested that Asfij Coal Company should always emphasize its environmental and social responsibility towards local communities to gain public acceptance and maintain the value of its mine.

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International Journal of Nonlinear Analysis and Applications
Volume 16, Issue 2
February 2025
Pages 267-278
  • Receive Date: 18 January 2024
  • Revise Date: 04 March 2024
  • Accept Date: 08 March 2024