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Managing Stakeholders – The Role of Values Congruence and Affective Commitment

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  • David Bort Mondragon

    (CGA Consultores Castellón SL)

  • Mª Carmen Saorín Iborra

    (Dpto. Dirección de Empresas JUAN J. RENAU PIQUERAS)

  • Vicente Safón Cano

    (Universitat de València)

Abstract

When it comes to managing the relationship with stakeholders in order to create value, there are many questions that remain unanswered. Previous studies have concluded that a company which invests more resources in its stakeholders to meet their legitimate demands and needs than strictly necessary may not always be rewarded with greater value creation when compared to other companies that do not invest to the same extent. Nonetheless, the instrumental stakeholder theory shows that overinvesting in stakeholders will increase business results since stakeholders will return what they have received from the company by adopting a positive attitude towards it. Given the inconclusive evidence, our paper attempts to provide an answer. In this sense, we argue and propose that only stakeholders with whom there is values congruence will disclose valuable knowledge to the company, thus enabling it to create value and obtain a competitive advantage. We test our proposal empirically by analyzing an express courier transport company and its relationship with stakeholders. The results obtained show that the affective commitment of stakeholders towards a company is essential for the latter to obtain private knowledge from them and hence create value. Cuando se trata de gestionar la relación con los grupos de interés para crear valor, hay muchas preguntas que quedan sin respuesta. Estudios anteriores han concluido que una empresa que invierte más recursos en sus grupos de interés para satisfacer sus demandas y necesidades legítimas de lo estrictamente necesario no siempre será recompensada con una mayor creación de valor en comparación con otras empresas que no invierten en la misma medida. No obstante, la teoría instrumental de los grupos de interés muestra que sobreinvertir en los grupos de interés aumentará los resultados de la empresa, ya que los grupos de interés devolverán lo que han recibido de la empresa adoptando una actitud positiva hacia ella. Dado que la evidencia es inconclusa, nuestro trabajo intenta proporcionar una respuesta. En este sentido, argumentamos y proponemos que solo los grupos de interés con los que hay congruencia de valores revelarán conocimientos valiosos a la empresa, permitiéndole así crear valor y obtener una ventaja competitiva. Probamos nuestra propuesta empíricamente analizando una empresa de transporte de mensajería exprés y su relación con los grupos de interés. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que el compromiso afectivo de los grupos de interés hacia una empresa es esencial para que esta obtenga conocimiento privado de ellos y, por lo tanto, cree valor.

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  • David Bort Mondragon & Mª Carmen Saorín Iborra & Vicente Safón Cano, 2024. "Managing Stakeholders – The Role of Values Congruence and Affective Commitment," Working Papers Ivie 2024-03, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie).
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    Keywords

    teoría de los grupos de interés; congruencia de valores; compromiso afectivo; conocimiento priva-do; estudio empírico stakeholder theory; values congruence; affective commitment; private knowledge; empirical study;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness

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