Moving beyond Dyadic Ties: A Network Theory of Stakeholder Influences
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Stakeholder theory development has increased in recent years, in part because of its emphasis on explaining and predicting how an organization functions with respect to the relationships and influences existing in its environment. Thus far. most researchers have concentrated on dyadic relationships between individual stakeholders and a focal organization. Using social network analysis, I construct in this article a theory of stakeholder influences, which accommodates multiple, interdependent stakeholder demands and predicts how organizations respond to the simultaneous influence of multiple stakeholders.
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- Authors
- Rowley, T. J.
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1997-10
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 887
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2024782191
- Cited by
- 2,522
- References
- 56
- Citations by year
- 2026: 48 · 2025: 79 · 2024: 81 · 2023: 104 · 2022: 111 · 2021: 131 · 2020: 114 · 2019: 125 · 2018: 123 · 2017: 142 · 2016: 117 · 2015: 136 · 2014: 133 · 2013: 120 · 2012: 125
- FWCI
- 77.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Keywords
- stakeholder theory, stakeholder influence, stakeholder needs, stakeholder relations
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