Linking Sustainability-related Stakeholder Feedback to Corporate Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Stakeholder Dialogues

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title = "Linking Sustainability-related Stakeholder Feedback to Corporate Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Stakeholder Dialogues",
abstract = "Based on a dataset of large German companies, this paper investigates the link between corporate sustainability performance and sustainability-related feedback by stakeholders. In the analysis, no a priori link between sustainability performance and related stakeholder feedback can be observed. Using stakeholder theory as a theoretical underpinning, we therefore statistically investigate whether the application of stakeholder dialogues can help companies to link their sustainability performance to stakeholder feedback. We find that stakeholder dialogues indeed help to establish such a link, as companies which improve their sustainability performance and simultaneously communicate with stakeholders using stakeholder dialogues are most likely to experience a decrease in sustainability-related stakeholder criticism.",
keywords = "Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics, sustainability management, stakeholder feedback, stakeholder criticism, stakeholders, stakeholder dialogue, stakeholder theory, corporate social responsibility, CSR, corporate su stainability, corporate sustainability performance, business environment., Sustainability Managament, stakeholder feedback, stakeholder, stakeholder criticism, stakeholder dialogue, stakeholder theory, CSR, corporate sustainability, sustainability performance, business enviroment, germany, sustainable development",
author = "Jacob H{\"o}risch and Stefan Schaltegger and Windolph, {Sarah Elena}",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1504/IJBE.2015.069027",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
pages = "200--218",
journal = "International Journal of Business Environment",
issn = "1740-0589",
publisher = "Inderscience Enterprises Ltd",
number = "2",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Linking Sustainability-related Stakeholder Feedback to Corporate Sustainability Performance

T2 - An Empirical Analysis of Stakeholder Dialogues

AU - Hörisch, Jacob

AU - Schaltegger, Stefan

AU - Windolph, Sarah Elena

PY - 2015

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N2 - Based on a dataset of large German companies, this paper investigates the link between corporate sustainability performance and sustainability-related feedback by stakeholders. In the analysis, no a priori link between sustainability performance and related stakeholder feedback can be observed. Using stakeholder theory as a theoretical underpinning, we therefore statistically investigate whether the application of stakeholder dialogues can help companies to link their sustainability performance to stakeholder feedback. We find that stakeholder dialogues indeed help to establish such a link, as companies which improve their sustainability performance and simultaneously communicate with stakeholders using stakeholder dialogues are most likely to experience a decrease in sustainability-related stakeholder criticism.

AB - Based on a dataset of large German companies, this paper investigates the link between corporate sustainability performance and sustainability-related feedback by stakeholders. In the analysis, no a priori link between sustainability performance and related stakeholder feedback can be observed. Using stakeholder theory as a theoretical underpinning, we therefore statistically investigate whether the application of stakeholder dialogues can help companies to link their sustainability performance to stakeholder feedback. We find that stakeholder dialogues indeed help to establish such a link, as companies which improve their sustainability performance and simultaneously communicate with stakeholders using stakeholder dialogues are most likely to experience a decrease in sustainability-related stakeholder criticism.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

KW - sustainability management

KW - stakeholder feedback

KW - stakeholder criticism

KW - stakeholders

KW - stakeholder dialogue

KW - stakeholder theory

KW - corporate social responsibility

KW - CSR

KW - corporate su stainability

KW - corporate sustainability performance

KW - business environment.

KW - Sustainability Managament

KW - stakeholder feedback

KW - stakeholder

KW - stakeholder criticism

KW - stakeholder dialogue

KW - stakeholder theory

KW - CSR

KW - corporate sustainability

KW - sustainability performance

KW - business enviroment

KW - germany

KW - sustainable development

U2 - 10.1504/IJBE.2015.069027

DO - 10.1504/IJBE.2015.069027

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VL - 7

SP - 200

EP - 218

JO - International Journal of Business Environment

JF - International Journal of Business Environment

SN - 1740-0589

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ER -

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