The role of corporate social responsibility as a tool to activate sustainable development in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq - A field study on the Housing Company for Investment and Real Estate Development

Authors

Vian Suleiman, University of Sulaimani, IraqFollow
Musallam Hassan, University of Sulaimani, IraqFollow

Abstract

The study aims to identify the role of social responsibility on the activation of the application of sustainable development in the company of housing investment and real estate development in Iraqi Kurdistan region Erbil city. To achieve the aim of this study was a questionnaire has been designed to collecting data. A questionnaire includes (24) items, (13) items to the social dimension and (11) items to the economic dimension. (50) Questionnaire distributed form a sample in the staff’s company of housing (40) questionnaire returned that represented (86%). A number of hypotheses placed as there is statistically significant relationship between social responsibility which includes the social and economic dimensions (independent variables) and sustainable development (dependent variable). SPSS statistical software program was used to analysis statistically the data collected with the use of a set of statistical methods. The study found that there is statistically significant correlation between social responsibility and sustainable development ‏٠‎‎and based on the conclusions of this study a set of recommendations were presented

Recommended Citation

Suleiman, Vian and Hassan, Musallam (2016) "The role of corporate social responsibility as a tool to activate sustainable development in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq - A field study on the Housing Company for Investment and Real Estate Development," Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات: Vol. 17: Iss. 2, Article 1.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jpu/vol17/iss2/1