The Stakeholder Research Tradition: Converging Theorists—Not Convergent Theory
质疑是否存在一种可整合利益相关者研究的趋同理论，指出该理论缺乏可检验的构念和解释关系，主张将利益相关者理论视为一个包含共享概念和规范关切的研究传统。
The article focuses on questions concerning the validity of a convergent stakeholder theory that would allow the theoretical integration of stakeholder research. It states that the proposed convergent theory lacks empirically testable constructs and explanatory relationships that could be found in established social scientific theories, and that conditions need to be identified where empirical and theoretical limitations can be tolerated so to allow for an empirically adequate and more complete theory. It suggests stakeholder theory could best be characterized as a stakeholder research tradition incorporating shared concepts and normative concerns for organizational-stakeholder relations.