This study investigates the relationship between the board of director attributes and corporate social responsibility (CSR) engagement across a sample of Asian emerging economy firms. We find a statistically positive relationship between CSR engagement and several directors' attributes including their political influence, international experience, business expertise, other directorships held and independence from management. These empirical results indicate that while corporate governance recommendations designed for developed economy firms are relevant for emerging economy firms, additional director attributes are also important in encouraging CSR engagement in emerging economy firms given the divergent institutional and resource dependency issues they face.

这项研究调查了亚洲新兴经济体样本中董事会属性与企业社会责任（CSR）参与之间的关系。我们发现，企业社会责任的参与程度与几位董事的属性之间存在统计上的正相关关系，包括其政治影响力，国际经验，业务专长，所担任的其他董事职务以及独立于管理层。这些经验结果表明，尽管为发达经济体公司设计的公司治理建议与新兴经济体公司相关，但鉴于董事们面临的机构和资源依赖性问题，它们的其他董事属性对于鼓励企业社会责任参与新兴经济体也很重要。