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Stakeholder Theory

In: The SAGE Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research
Edited by: Richard Thorpe & Robin Holt

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The term ‘stakeholder’, first used in 1963 by the Stanford Research Institute's Long Range Planning Service, is ‘an obvious literary device meant to call into question the emphasis on “stockholders”’ ...

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  Thorpe, R., & Holt, R. (2008). Stakeholder theory. In The SAGE dictionary of qualitative management research (Vol. 1, pp. 210-211). SAGE Publications Ltd, https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857020109.n99
  
  Thorpe, Richard, and Robin Holt. "Stakeholder Theory." In The SAGE Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research, edited by Thorpe, Richard, and Robin Holt, 210-11. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857020109.n99.
  
  Thorpe, R. and Holt, R. 2008. Stakeholder Theory. In: Richard Thorpe and Robin Holt Editors, 2008. The SAGE Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research, London: SAGE Publications Ltd. pp. 210-211 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857020109.n99> [Accessed 24 Jun 2022].
  
  Thorpe, Richard and Robin Holt. "Stakeholder Theory." The SAGE Dictionary of Qualitative Management Research. Edited by Vol. 1. London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008, pp. 210-11. SAGE Research Methods. 24 Jun 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9780857020109.n99.
  
  Thorpe, Richard, and Robin Holt (2008). Stakeholder theory In:Stakeholder theory The SAGE dictionary of qualitative management research Vol. 1. London: SAGE Publications Ltd; 2008:210-211. doi:10.4135/9780857020109.n99
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