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Pathways of stakeholder influence in the Canadian forestry industry
Author(s) -
Henriques Irene,
Sharma Sanjay
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
business strategy and the environment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.123
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1099-0836
pISSN - 0964-4733
DOI - 10.1002/bse.456
Subject(s) - stakeholder , business , sustainability , salience (neuroscience) , stakeholder analysis , stakeholder theory , perspective (graphical) , affect (linguistics) , corporate sustainability , marketing , public relations , sociology , psychology , political science , computer science , ecology , communication , artificial intelligence , cognitive psychology , biology
We draw on the stakeholder influence literature to propose and empirically test hypotheses regarding the direct and indirect pathways of perceived influence that stakeholders exercise within the domain of corporate sustainability. Our results allow us to examine the interaction between different types of stakeholder pressure and different types of stakeholder influence strategy. We show that stakeholders who do not control resources critical to the focal firm's operations are able to pressure a firm indirectly via other stakeholders on whose resources the firm is dependent. We contribute to the stakeholder perspective by showing how stakeholders who are affected by the focal firm's operations can enhance their salience via stakeholders who can affect the firm. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.