What We Talk About When We Talk About Stakeholders

Johnson-Cramer, Michael E.; Phillips, Robert A.; Fadlallah, Hussein; Berman, Shawn L.; Elms, Heather

doi:10.1177/00076503211053005

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Stakeholders

Johnson-Cramer, Michael E., Phillips, Robert A., Fadlallah, Hussein, Berman, Shawn L., Elms, Heather·2022·Business & Society

DOI 10.1177/00076503211053005

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Will stakeholder theory continue to transform how we think about business and society? On the occasion of this journal’s 60th anniversary, this review article examines the journal’s role in shaping stakeholder theory to date and suggests that it still has transformative potential. We conducted a bibliometric analysis of co-citations in the literature from 1984 to 2020. Reporting these results, we examine the field’s evolving structure. Contextualized theoretically as an accomplishment of institutional work—the creation of a meaningful and innovative field ideology—this structure is remarkable for how it integrates ethical and behavioral arguments, invites engagement from adjacent domains, and arrives at important insights for business and society. We advance a research agenda consistent with this larger institutional project.

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Authors: Johnson-Cramer, M. E., Phillips, R. A., Fadlallah, H., Berman, S. L., & Elms, H.
Affiliations: Bentley University, Waltham, MA, USA
York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
American University, Washington, DC, USA
ORCID: Johnson-Cramer, Michael E.
Venue: Business & Society
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2021-12-31
Volume: 61
Issue: 5
Pages: 1083-1135
ISSN: 0007-6503
1552-4205
DOI: 10.1177/00076503211053005
Cited by: 31
References: 9
Language: en
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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