Business and Society 360
Call for Book Chapter Abstracts
on Stakeholder Management
Deadline for chapter abstracts is February 4, 2016.
Please email submissions to David Wasieleski at: wasieleski@duq.edu
What is "Business and Society 360"?
Business and Society 360 Book Series, published by Emerald and sponsored by the International Association for Business and Society, is an annual book series featuring a comprehensive discussion and review of the current "state" of the research and theoretical developments in a specific BAS area – a 360-degree look at a selected topic. A "360-degree examination" of a research area involves an all around assessment using multiple field experts to supply an analysis and review for the purpose of achieving a full understanding of a topic. Thus, each volume is a combination of invited and editorial reviewed chapters providing an overview of past work and highlighting cutting-edge research on the selected topic.
Co-Editors:
· Dr. David Wasieleski, Associate Professor of Business Ethics and Management, and
· Dr. James Weber, Professor of Business Ethics and Management
Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, Duquesne University
2016 Call for Chapter Abstracts
This call for book chapters focuses on addressing cutting edge research in the stakeholder management area that carries the potential to advance the theory forward. Authors are invited to submit a short abstract summarizing the content and approach of the proposed book chapter. Submissions should reflect "new" original research in the stakeholder management realm. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the editorial team. Invitations to write an entire chapter will be sent based on the reviews. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
· Stakeholder theory: descriptive, instrumental
· Normative justifications
· Stakeholder salience
· Stakeholder networks
· Stakeholders and business strategy
· Stakeholder responses
· Value creation
· Global perspectives
· Corporate governance and stakeholders
Submission Process and Important Dates
· Three-to-five-page abstracts should be emailed to David Wasieleski (Wasieleski@duq.edu) by February 4, 2016.
· Editors decision on abstracts: February 28, 2016
· Chapter drafts due: June 3, 2016
· Review of chapter drafts to authors: August 1, 2016
· Revisions due: October 1, 2016
· Final acceptance of all chapter drafts: October 16, 2016
Publication by Emerald: March 2017
Background on Stakeholder Management as a Scholarly Area of Research
Stakeholder theory has been used for many purposes in a wide array of disciplines. Beginning with Ed Freeman's (1984) landmark book, Stakeholder Management, business management and strategy was transformed. Stakeholder theory was intended to serve as a strategic management tool for business and society relationships in a capitalist system. While it has broad scholarly appeal, it is still somewhat controversial and is considered to be empirically underdeveloped (Laplume, Sonpar, & Litz, 2008). Consensus has also not been reached on the underlying values driving decisions to balance stakeholder interests (Margolis & Walsh, 2003). It continues to challenge management assumptions related to the maximization of profit in organizations (Jensen, 2002). Firms are expected to elevate themselves from conventional economic objectives by considering the needs of multiple stakeholder groups (Verbeke & Tung, 2013). Debates over how to address legitimate interests are ongoing. This volume seeks to address various components of stakeholder management to ultimately identify clear future directions for research in this area.