报告题目：
Too distressed to lead their businesses toward CSR activities:
Entrepreneurs’ mental distress and their businesses’ CSR under the COVID-19 crisis
报 告 人：
Professor Stephen X. Zhang，University of Adelaide
报告时间：
2024年5月20日（周一） 9:00-11:00
报告地点：
文管学馆 B434
报告摘要：
Mental health, gender and CSR (corporate social responsibility) are all important topics in entrepreneurship, yet, research connecting them in an interdisciplinary manner in crisis situations, exemplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, remains a salient gap. This research interconnects mental health, gender and CSR to investigate the relationship between entrepreneurs’ mental distress during COVID-19 lockdowns and their businesses’ CSR after the lockdowns. We further posit this relationship varies by gender by integrating the mental health literature and social role theory. The results from a two-wave two-informant study, which surveyed the founder-CEO and another top manager per firm, confirm our theoretical predictions. Our findings that entrepreneurs mental issues during the lockdown still have an effect on the level of CSR activities in their businesses post lockdowns expands the burgeoning literature under COVID, and this relationship is less negative for female entrepreneurs. This research contributes to several streams of entrepreneurship literature including mental health, gender and CSR.
报告人简介：
Stephen Zhang is a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Adelaide. He studies how entrepreneurs and top management teams behave under uncertainties. Stephen has published articles in top journals in entrepreneurship (e.g. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice), management (e.g. Academy of Management Journal) as well as COVID-19 research in health journals. His work has been featured in major media outlets (e.g., Yahoo; MSN; HuffPost; the Age; Sydney Morning Herald). Stephen has worked previously in University of Sydney, Catholic University of Chile, and National University of Singapore. Prior to his academic career, Stephen has worked in several industries and has founded startups. Stephen received his Bachelor Degree at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore. Prior to his academic career, Stephen has founded ventures and worked in several industries including engineering, management consultancy, market research, and innovation management.
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