Research tidbits: Focus on diverse stakeholders
Balancing stakeholder interests, consumer reaction, ethical behaviour, board composition - is it possible?
Balancing stakeholder interests, consumer reaction, ethical behaviour, board composition - is it possible?
Stakeholder engagement and influence - how useful can it be? See this week's research tibdits.
Our latest reading on interesting articles on the topic of stakeholders. Stakeholder theory classification: A theoretical and empirical evaluation of definitions Stakeholder theory is widely accepted but elementary aspects remain indeterminate as the term ‘stakeholder’ is an essentially contested concept (Miles, J Bus Ethics 108:285–298, 2012; Mitchell, Organ Stud 33:1407–1411, 2012), being variously describable, internally complex and open in character (Gallie, Proc Aristot Soc 56:167–198, 1956). Such contestability is highly problematic for theory development and empirical testing. The extent of essential [...]
Here’s our latest pick of interesting articles covering stakeholder trust. Is fair treatment enough? Fairness and stakeholder behaviour Fairness and justice are core issues in stakeholder theory. Although such considerations receive more attention in the ‘normative’ branch of the stakeholder literature, they have critical implications for ‘instrumental’ stakeholder theory as well. In research in the instrumental vein, although the position has seldom been articulated in significant detail, a stakeholder’s inclination to take action against the [...]
A selection of interesting articles we found recently considering what pushes stakeholders to take action. What mobilises stakeholders to take action against the firm? Although the possibility that a firm’s stakeholders may take damaging measures against it in response to its activities has been an underlying assumption of stakeholder theory from inception, the conditions that predispose stakeholders to act against firms remain largely unexplored in the literature. Based on work in equity theory, expectancy theory, [...]
A selection of interesting articles we found recently on green consumers. Green leather for ethical consumers in China and Korea: Facilitating ethical consumption with value–belief–attitude logic Using an innovative fabrication technique, eco-friendly faux leather (EFFL) has been newly developed as a green leather alternative for the Chinese and Korean markets. Value–belief–attitude logic drawn from the heuristic-systemic model (Zuckmand and Chaiken in Psychol Mark 15(7):621–642, 1998) and value–belief–norm theory (Stern et al. in Environ Behav 27(6):723–743, 1995) is proposed [...]
A selection of interesting articles we found recently on valuing stakeholders. Who and what really counts? Prioritising for stakeholders and social value Research in stakeholder management has theorized extensively the prioritization of stakeholders as a key dynamic of firms’ value creation, but has paid less attention to the organisational practices involved in the process of deciding ‘who and what really counts.’ Matthew Hall and his team examine changes underpinning managers’ prioritisation of stakeholders and focus [...]