Does stakeholder management have a dark side?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-507

  Cennamo, Carmelo ^a   Berrone, Pascual ^b   Gomez Mejia, Luis R ^c  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal ambiguity; Corporate governance; Managerial discretion; Stakeholder management; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959608254     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-0012-x     Document Type: Article

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