Influence Stakeholders, Influence the World

Michael L. Barnett. Influence Stakeholders, Influence the World. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Edited by: F. Briscoe, B. King & J. Leitzinger (2018 Forthcoming)

18 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2018

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Michael L. Barnett

Rutgers Business School, Newark & New Brunswick

Date Written: January 1, 2018

Abstract

Stakeholders hold power because they hold resources essential to firm survival. Through their exercise of this power, they produce, or not, change in business practices. The social movements of united individuals, as well as the nonmarket strategies of firms and industries designed to forestall or counter these movements, succeed or fail based on their ability to influence stakeholders. Constraints on stakeholder cognition affect how stakeholders are influenced by social movements and nonmarket strategy to, in turn, exercise their influence over firms. Herein, I overview the nature of these constraints, highlight the need for further research on stakeholder attention allocation, and discuss how the three articles in this section fit into this framework.

Keywords: stakeholder influence, social movements, nonmarket strategy, cognition

JEL Classification: M14

Suggested Citation

Barnett, Michael L., Influence Stakeholders, Influence the World (January 1, 2018). Michael L. Barnett. Influence Stakeholders, Influence the World. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Edited by: F. Briscoe, B. King & J. Leitzinger (2018 Forthcoming), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3135411

Michael L. Barnett (Contact Author)

Rutgers Business School, Newark & New Brunswick ( email )

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United States

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