Linking Sustainability-related Stakeholder Feedback to Corporate Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Stakeholder Dialogues
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In: International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2015, p. 200-218.
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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
Y1 - 2015
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
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 7
SP - 200
EP - 218
JO - International Journal of Business Environment
JF - International Journal of Business Environment
SN - 1740-0589
IS - 2
ER -