The impact of stakeholders' pressure and business uncertainties on the correlation between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational performance within small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) is under researched. This study aims to derive the correlation of CSR antecedents, CSR practices, stakeholders' pressures, business uncertainties, and organizational performance of SMEs in the UAE. The data was collected through a survey from 117 SMEs in the UAE, and analyzed using structural equation modeling. The study reveals that the level of importance SMEs attach to CSR antecedents influences positively the extent of SMEs involvement with CSR practices; and these, in turn, translate into significant performance outcomes for SMEs. Business uncertainties are proved to moderate both relationships (CSR antecedents-CSR practices; and CSR practices-SMEs performance); while stakeholders' pressure is found to have no moderating effect on CSR antecedent-CSR practices relationship. The proposed framework could be adopted in any economy for enhancing performance through CSR.

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企业社会责任的前因和实践作为提升组织绩效的途径：新兴经济国家的中小企业案例

利益相关者压力和业务不确定性对中小企业（SME）企业社会责任（CSR）与组织绩效之间的相关性的影响正在研究中。本研究旨在推导出阿联酋中小企业的 CSR 前因、CSR 实践、利益相关者的压力、业务不确定性和组织绩效之间的相关性。这些数据是通过对阿联酋 117 家中小企业的调查收集的，并使用结构方程模型进行分析。研究表明，中小企业对企业社会责任前因的重视程度对中小企业参与企业社会责任实践的程度产生积极影响；而这些反过来又转化为中小企业的重大绩效成果。商业不确定性被证明可以缓和这两种关系（企业社会责任前因 - 企业社会责任实践；和企业社会责任实践——中小企业绩效）；而利益相关者的压力对CSR前因-CSR实践关系没有调节作用。任何经济体都可以采用拟议的框架，以通过企业社会责任提高绩效。