While corporate philanthropy has been considered a firm’s reputation management activity, less research has focused on the relationship between CEOs as the ultimate decision maker and corporate philanthropy, particularly when organizational crises occur. To fill this research gap, this study examines certain CEO characteristics (such as founder status and CEO network) and two causes of philanthropy (such as business-related philanthropy and cause-related philanthropy). This study suggests that there will be a positive relationship between these characteristics of CEOs and causes of corporate philanthropy, and organizational crises will moderate that relationship. This study contributes to a new conceptual framework to explore the relationship between CEO characteristics and different corporate philanthropic causes following organizational crises. This study discusses the scholarly suggestions of our conceptual framework and concludes with implications for future research.

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组织危机时期的CEO特征与企业慈善

虽然企业慈善一直被认为是公司的声誉管理活动，但很少有研究关注作为最终决策者的 CEO 与企业慈善之间的关系，尤其是在组织危机发生时。为了填补这一研究空白，本研究考察了某些 CEO 特征（例如创始人身份和 CEO 网络）和慈善事业的两个原因（例如与商业相关的慈善事业和与事业相关的慈善事业）。本研究表明，CEO 的这些特征与企业慈善事业的原因之间存在正相关关系，而组织危机将缓和这种关系。本研究有助于建立一个新的概念框架，以探索组织危机后 CEO 特征与不同企业慈善事业之间的关系。