SMS Workshops will be hosted on the virtual conference platform. Workshops are included in the cost of registration for the SMS 4th1 Annual Conference. 

This two-part workshop features a panel discussion of stakeholder theory’s role in managing in a discordant world, and breakout sessions where participants will receive personalized feedback on their stakeholder-related research from senior faculty facilitators.

Echoing the 2021 SMS Conference Theme, the panel brings together two expert scholars to discuss past breakthroughs in stakeholder theory, and to imagine and inspire new breakthroughs necessary to tackle discordant challenges and shocks facing businesses today, including climate change, pandemic-fueled inequality, and sociopolitical violence. Key questions in this space include (but are not limited to): What is the role of normative versus positivist stakeholder theory in reimagining strategy in a discordant world? How can stakeholder theory inform other paradigms in strategic management (e.g., RBV) to inspire breakthroughs in strategy research and practice? How has inter-stakeholder discord (e.g., political polarization) changed stakeholder management? How can companies balance different stakeholders’ interests amid immense unequal distributions of power between those stakeholders? How do companies adjust their stakeholder strategies to effectively operate in different institutional contexts across the globe?

All registered conference attendees are welcome to attend the panel portion of this workshop! 

An application is required for the paper development portion of this workshop. Applicants should submit the following materials as a single PDF through the workshop website.

Application requirements: 

1. CV
2. Paper Overview (maximum 5 pages) 

For consideration, please apply by August 17, 2021. 

Participants must be registered to attend the SMS 41st Annual Conference to attend the workshop.