Barreras y oportunidades para la comunicación de la responsabilidad social en redes sociales

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Abel Monfort
José Manuel Mas Iglesias

Resumen

El objetivo del artículo es realizar una revisión de la literatura sobre las barreras y oportunidades de la comunicación en redes sociales de los contenidos vinculados con la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC) y la gestión de la sostenibilidad. Para ello, se han seleccionado 466 artículos de Web of Science con palabras clave relacionadas con el objetivo. Para el análisis, solo se han tenido en cuenta aquellas publicaciones en revistas científicas y escritas en inglés. El número total de artículos analizados tras este filtro ha sido de 72. Los principales intereses de la RSC en redes sociales son: i) el diálogo de los stakeholders; ii) ganar credibilidad, legitimidad y reputación; iii) mejorar el engagement y iv) el impacto de comunicación de la RSC y la sostenibilidad en el marketing y el marketing social.

Palabras clave:
Comunicación corporativa, Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (RSC), Gestión de la sostenibilidad, Relaciones con los grupos de interés, Redes sociales

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Investigaciones
Biografía del autor/a

Abel Monfort, ESIC Business & Marketing School

Doctor en Comunicación Social por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Director de Investigación de Área Universitaria en ESIC Business & Marketing School y experto en gestión y comunicación de la sostenibilidad empresarial. Monfort es research fellow en la Unidad Permanente de Investigación de ESIC Business & Marketing School y senior fellow de la Higher Education Academy (actual Advance HE, Reino Unido). Madrid (España).

José Manuel Mas Iglesias, ESIC Business & Marketing School

Doctor en Investigación en Medios de Comunicación por la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, además de haber realizado varios cursos de postgrado en ESADE, BABSON (USA) o la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Es director académico nacional del Área Universitaria de ESIC Business & Marketing School. Dispone de más de 20 años de experiencia docente en áreas universitarias y de postgrado en materias de estrategia empresarial y marketing digital. Madrid (España).

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