From Rationality to Emotionally Embedded Relations: Envy as a Signal of Power in Stakeholder Relations

Although stakeholder salience theory has received a great deal of scholarly attention in the business ethics and management literature, the theory has been criticized for overemphasizing rationality in managerial perceptions. We argue that it is important to better understand what socially construct...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Siltaoja, Marjo (Συγγραφέας)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Lähdesmäki, Merja
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: 2015
Στο/Στη: Journal of business ethics
Έτος: 2015, Τόμος: 128, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 837-850
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Discourse
B Relationships
B Stakeholder
B Salience
B Emotion
B Small Business
B Envy
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Σύνοψη:Although stakeholder salience theory has received a great deal of scholarly attention in the business ethics and management literature, the theory has been criticized for overemphasizing rationality in managerial perceptions. We argue that it is important to better understand what socially constructed emotions signal in business relations, and we posit the role of envy as a discursive resource used to signal and construct the asymmetrical power relations between small business owner–managers and their stakeholders. Our study is based on a qualitative study on discursive accounts elicited from 33 interviews with small business owner–managers in Finland. Our study makes two primary contributions. First, we suggest that socially and culturally constructed emotions (such as envy) have significance in stakeholder salience analyses. Second, we suggest that socially and culturally constructed emotions provide a fruitful context in which to understand the limitations of owner–managers’ personal and moral autonomy.
ISSN:1573-0697
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1987-5