Normative stakeholder management orientation: Business vs. non-business students
Normative stakeholder management orientation: Business vs. non-business students
Author(s): Jose-Luis Godos-Diez, Roberto Fernández-Gago, Laura Cabeza-GarcíaSubject(s): Business Economy / Management, Higher Education , Evaluation research, Sociology of the arts, business, education
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Stakeholders; normative orientation; business education;
Summary/Abstract: Using a sample of Spanish undergraduate students, this research contributes to stakeholder theory by developing empirical testing of normative stakeholder management orientation. It also offers empirical evidence on how the type of higher education received affects how individuals assess stakeholders’ interests. The results show that, in general, business students give less importance to the normative approach and consider it less necessary to take secondary stakeholders into account for a normative reason than their non-business counterparts do. Therefore, this study raises awareness on the influence of business education on individuals’ ethical decision-making process and suggests some possible changes for business teaching.
Journal: Society and Economy. In Central and Eastern Europe ǀ Journal of the Corvinus University of Budapest
- Issue Year: 37/2015
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 477-492
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
