The Grammar of Decoupling: A Cognitive-Linguistic Perspective on Firms’ Sustainability Claims and Stakeholders’ Interpretation

Can firms deceive their stakeholders, by failing to deliver on their commitments to undertake sustainability practices without being detected? Extant theory posits that, due to information asymmetry, stakeholders struggle to comprehend the actual change in firms' practices. In contrast, we adva...

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Published in:Academy of Management journal 2016-04, Vol.59 (2), p.705-729
Main Authors: Crilly, Donal, Hansen, Morten, Zollo, Maurizio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymmetric information
Cognition
Cognitive linguistics
Companies
Conflicts of interest
Deception
Fieldwork
Interest groups
Linguistics
Multinational corporations
Property
Stakeholders
Studies
Sustainability
Text analysis
Textual analysis
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