Neoinstitutional Approach as a Methodology of Corporate Citizen-ship Phenomenon Analysis

Abstract

Introduction.  The relevance  of citizenship  institute  basics  research is actualized  by the upheavals  in economic,  social, and political systems.  The scientific novelty consists  of the outlined   neoinstitutional    approach   and   Ju.   Habermas   communicative   action   theory perspectives  as a methodology for corporate citizenship of mediatized society study.Methodology and sources. Neoinstitutional  approach  and Ju. Habermas  communicative action theory represent the methodological  basis of the research. Citizenship is reviewed as a social and political phenomenon with implied active position of the subject,  rather than a legal   status.   A   comprehensive   analysis   of   empirical   data   is  based   on   transparent nonfinancial  reporting  of  Russian  companies,  which  are  the  members  the  UN Global Compact Network, with well-developed large-scale  socially oriented programs and projects of corporate sustainability, and expert interviews.Results and discussion. The deepening  mediatization of postindustrial society influenses the formation  of corporate citizenship social and political phenomenon, whose structural basis is represented by value-based communicative figurations. The empirical study allowed us to outline the key features of the corporate citizenship formation model in Russia.Conclusion.  Postindustrial  society  network  structures   deployment  forces  the  transition from  bureaucratic  logic  of  industrial  society  institutional  structures   to  communicative rationality of sociopolitical designing. From the perspective of the neoinstitutional approach, communicative  figurations established by corporate citizens represent structural basis for local communities  members socialization and influence corporations’ subjectivity acquiring in political communications system.