Making Sense of Stakeholder Management

Drawing back on the ever-evolving stakeholder management theory, this book responds to calls for more empirical research into the managerial sense making of the stakeholder concept.

The book explores how managers make sense of stakeholder management, especially in complex and challenging business contexts. Therefore, this book contributes to the advancement of the managerial branch of the stakeholder management theory focussing on managers’ sense making intended as how they interpret and understand social interactions.

With this book, the authors offer a contribution grounded on the what, why, when, who and how of stakeholder management, which are questions that still arouse considerable interest not only between academics, but also among practitioners.

Dr Brad Sayer is a professional practitioner, with experience working across multiple industries and functional areas. Brad is an advocate for ‘stakeholder theory’ and its inclusion in all facets of business as a logic for simultaneously attaining multiple objectives, such as commercial success, sustainability, business growth, while meeting stakeholders’ wants and needs.

Dr John Dumay is a Professor of Accounting and Finance at Macquarie University Business School in Sydney, Australia. Elsevier recognises John as one of the top 2% of scientists globally for 2019, 2020, 2021 and lifetime. In 2020 the Australian newspaper also recognised John as Australia’s leading Accounting scholar.

Emeritus Prof. James Guthrie, AM is Professor of Accounting, Macquarie Business School Sydney, Australia. Joint founding editor of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal consistently ranked in the top 5. James has published 220 articles, 20 books, and 50 chapters in books.

Dr. Laura Corazza is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Department of Management, University of Turin, and she is qualified as Associate Professor. Her research has been published in many books and peer-reviewed journals.