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Toward a Theory of Stakeholder Identification and Salience: Defining the Principle of who and What Really Counts

Academy of Management Review · 1997 · Vol. 22(4) · pp. 853–886

Ronald K. Mitchell✉(University of Victoria)Bradley R. Agle(University of Pittsburgh)Donna J. Wood(University of Pittsburgh)

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Ronald K. Mitchell, Bradley R. Agle, Donna J. Wood, Toward a Theory of Stakeholder Identification and Salience: Defining the Principle of Who and What Really Counts, The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1997), pp. 853-886

Management and Organizational Studies Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Ethics in Business and EducationSalience (neuroscience)Identification (biology)StakeholderOrganizational identificationStakeholder theoryOrganizational behaviorOrganizational theoryPsychologyPositive economicsSociology

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