STAKEHOLDER THEORY CLASSIFICATION, DEFINITIONS AND ...

1 STAKEHOLDER THEORY CLASSIFICATION, DEFINITIONS AND ESSENTIAL CONTESTABILITY Dr. Samantha Miles Reader in Accounting and Finance, Research Lead Accounting, Finance and Economics Faculty of Business, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK, 2 STAKEHOLDER THEORY CLASSIFICATION, DEFINITIONS AND ESSENTIAL CONTESTABILITY ABSTRACT Purpose Recognising the STAKEHOLDER concept as an essentially contested concept subject to multiple competing interpretations, this chapter presents a systematic meta- THEORY level conceptual analysis of STAKEHOLDER THEORY . A conceptual enquiry is required for optimal development of STAKEHOLDER THEORY : to reduce conceptual confusion and prevent STAKEHOLDER THEORY from developing into an accumulation of disparate ideas.

stakeholder concept that threatened its survival as a useful business concept. We reviewed 75 texts to determine the boundaries of what constitutes a stakeholder. This review, although somewhat hurried and unstructured, returned 55 different stakeholder definitions raising the question of how profuse, and confused the concept had become.

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