Research Aims: This study tests the effects of different stakeholder power (shareholders, employees, customers, business partners, community, government, NGOs, and media) on sustainability disclosure using salience theory. Extending from this perspective, makes separate assumptions for each determines which one had most over disclosure. Design/Methodology/Approach: The adopts a journalism (i.e....

Stakeholder theory is widely recognized as a management theory, yet very little research has considered its implications for individual managerial decisionmaking. In the two studies reported here, we used stakeholder theory to examine managerial decisions about balancing stakeholder interests. Results of Study 1 suggest that indivisible resources and unequal levels of stakeholder saliency const...

This paper examines stakeholder relationships in a conflict situation. The focus of analysis is on how to understand stakeholder relationships as both ethical and strategic, and further, how the interests of different stakeholders become justified. To describe stakeholder relationships, we use media texts reporting on the case of a foreign investment project. The description shows how relations...

This study reviews recent empirical quantitative research on firm- and country-related determinants of corporate social responsibility (CSR) decoupling the consequences firm value. Based legitimacy theory agency theory, top managers use CSR for self-impression management stakeholder attraction. Our review indicates that low (high) governance quality increases (decreases) it has negative financi...

The paper examines the prospects of a normative approach to institutional design for systematically introducing the concept of legitimacy to the debate on how to internationally regulate research on and possible applications of geoengineering with solar radiation management (SRM). Given the high desirability of international regulation of SRM resulting from its strong transboundary and regional...

Our study examines the evolution of offshoring of information technology services between a multinational telecommunications firm and Indian vendors. The firm’s strategy sought to access critical resources of talented software professionals at low cost and to facilitate growth in a highly competitive telecommunications sector. Legitimacy management proved critical in explaining the evolution of...

With a regression model, this paper studied the influence of acquisition experience and business relatedness on acquisition performance based on an empirical analysis of Chinese firms and found that both acquisition experience and business relatedness have significantly positive effect on acquisition performance of the acquiring firm. Moreover, this paper introduced legitimacy from the perspect...

OBJECTIVE The aim of Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital (QEII) redesign project (QEII United) was to enhance timely access to an inpatient bed and maximise opportunities to value add during the inpatient episode of care. METHODS A tripartite relationship between the hospital team, system manager and external consultants. The team, QEII United, was formed to 'diagnose, solve and implement' ch...

Q: I've recently seen a few families struggle with a parent's military deployment. Are there any recommended approaches? A: Military service places significant strains on a family. There are multiple family stress phases recognized around a deployment: prede-ployment, deployment, sustainment, late deployment, and then postdeploy-ment. 1 Communication restrictions and role transitions for servic...

BACKGROUND Collaborative research networks are often touted as a solution for enhancing the translation of knowledge, but questions remain about how to evaluate their impact on health service delivery. This pragmatic scoping study explored the enabling factors for developing and supporting a collaborative imaging network in a metropolitan university in Australia. METHODS An advisory group was...