Practicality, paradigms, and problems in stakeholder theorizing
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Jones and Wicks' proposed convergent stakeholder theory is a laudable attempt to bring theoretical work in the business and society field back into the realm of practicability. However, the approach selected by Jones and Wick fails to provide compelling evidence that the divergent viewpoints of normative and empirical stakeholder theorists can be united. Nonetheless, Jones and Wick's perspective is a interesting one and should provoke further research into the possibility of theoretical integration.
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1999
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Divergent stakeholder theory
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Jones and Wicks' approach to stakeholder theory goes in the wrong direction. Instead of working to create narratives that are divergent, they propose to use the dubious Donaldson-Preston typology of stakeholder theories to unite the viewpoints of normative and empirical theorists. Jones and Wicks' mistaken belief that ethics and instrumental theory can be linked is yet another proof of the misguidedness of their approach to stakeholder theory.
Publication Name: Academy of Management Review
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0363-7425
Year: 1999
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