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Table 1 CSR and developing countries: political, economic and sociocultural variables for a future research agenda

From: Corporate social responsibility research: the importance of context

Classification

Variable

Interactions

Political

Political System

Some political variables could be considered sociocultural as, for example, political ideology impacts national identity and values

Ideology

Hegemony

State Ownership

Propaganda Level

Sociocultural

Language

Level of urbanisation

Educational development

Secularism

Sociocultural factors are related to economic development, for example, education level is highly correlated with industrialisation and technological advancement

Freedom of the press

Access to information

Homogeneity of values and attitudes

Existence of a national figurehead

National identity

Economic

HDI

FDI

Access to markets

Economic variables impact on, and are impacted by, politics

Industrialisation level

Technology