主题: Stakeholder Humility: A New Approach to Stakeholder Engagement
演讲嘉宾: Jonathan Bundy, 亚利桑那州立大学
主持人: 钱翠丽, 德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校
日期: 2025年9月25日上午9:00-10:15（北京时间）
语言: 英文
平台: Zoom
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摘要

The importance of stakeholder engagement has received renewed energy in management practice and theory. Historically, within strategic management, research on stakeholder engagement has been broadly focused on the exchange of resources between two very similar actors with comparable values and motivations. However, in practice it is often the case that diverse actors may be motivated by very different instrumental and moral factors. Prior research suggests that a lack of shared values and/or motivations may foster mis/distrust, animosity, and thwart the likelihood of resource exchange. So, a question remains in the stakeholder engagement literature: given that firms and stakeholders often do not share similar norms, values, or instrumental goals, how is constructive stakeholder engagement still possible? We argue that productive relationships are possible and may thrive even in the absence of shared values and motivations. Our fundamental premise is that a shift in mindset and approach is needed for successful relationships in such circumstances. The concept of stakeholder humility captures this mindset and describes the ability of exchange partners to be steeped in an inward understanding and outward expression of themselves and their commitment to the relationship, even in the absence of overlapping values and motivations. We thus put forth a theory of stakeholder humility which is not just a theory of matching instrumental needs and resources between firms and stakeholders, but is also fundamentally an engagement approach based on recognizing diverse norms, values, and belief systems.

嘉宾简介

Jonathan Bundy is a Professor of Management and a Dean’s Council Distinguished Scholar in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His research investigates the social and cognitive forces that shape organizational behavior, with a focus on social evaluations, crisis management, stakeholder management, and corporate governance. His work has appeared in field-leading journals, including the Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Management, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology, and Strategic Management Journal. He currently serves as an Associate Editor at Academy of Management Annals and recently completed a three-year term as an Associate Editor at Academy of Management Review. He also serves as an International Research Fellow with the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation and as an Affiliated Research with the Hong Kong University Research Institute on Governance, Environment and Social Issues.