“Like a battalion of tanks”: A critical analysis of stakeholder management

Sven Helin, Tommy Jensen and Johan Sandström

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 2013, vol. 29, issue 3, 209-218

Abstract: This paper contributes to the literature on the political role and responsibilities of corporations. Following Deetz's (1995) critical reading of stakeholder management and a critical methodology, the paper analyses how a large Swedish corporation manages conflicting stakeholder interests and rationales in a multi-stakeholder context. Throughout the case analysis, it is suggested that the corporation reinforces what Deetz (1995) refers to as an information mode, thus effectively hindering it from reaching a communication mode in which more genuine stakeholder dialogues are performed.

Keywords: Communication; Information; Political; Responsibility; Stakeholder management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2012.11.010

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