The Impact of Corporate Governance on Corporate Social Responsibility: A Field Study at Private Hospitals in Southern Amman Governorate

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate the impact of corporate governance on corporate social responsibility in private hospitals in the southern of Amman Governorate. The study sample consisted of (135) employees from all the administrative levels, a rate of (80.7%) from the study sample were analyzed under (109) questionnaires. To achieve the study’s objectives, the quantitative approach was used and the (SPSS, Vir. 25) was used to analyze the research data. Results showed that there is a significant impact for the variable of corporate governance dimensions on corporate social responsibility in private hospitals in southern Amman Governorate. Mean that, there is a statistically significant effect for corporate governance on corporate social responsibility in the private Jordanian hospitals.

It also revealed that there is a positive significant impact for disclosure and transparency, responsibilities of the Board of Directors on the economy dimension for corporate social responsibilities, while having a solid and effective foundation for corporate governance, has no effect towards legal dimension and ethics. In light of the results, the study recommended several recommendations and focused on the main one that organizations and hospitals must focusing on formulate a solid rules and effective basses in order to set a set of clear policies and procedures that would create an environment full of challenges in order to enhance the economic dimension for social responsibility.