Franchisees with multiple stakeholder roles: perceptions and conflict in franchise networks

Autor(en)
Aveed Raha, Ilir Hajdini
Abstrakt

Although the causes of conflict in networks and interorganizational relationships have long been investigated, scholars have overlooked the importance of stakeholders with multiple roles in eliciting managerial (mis)perceptions and potential for conflict. We find that franchisees take on multiple stakeholder roles, as customers, employees, investors, and business partners. Drawing from agency and stakeholder theories, we empirically demonstrate that the franchisor’s perception of franchisees’ multiple stakeholder roles affects managerial support and conflict outcomes in franchisor-franchisee relationships. The primary data support our claims that when franchisees are viewed as investors and business partners, franchisors increase the level of support offered and franchise systems experience less conflict.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Business Decisions and Analytics
Journal
Journal of Strategic Marketing
Band
30
Seiten
160-179
Anzahl der Seiten
20
ISSN
0965-254X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/0965254X.2020.1733052
Publikationsdatum
06-2020
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
502048 Wirtschaftsethik, 502054 Entrepreneurship, 502016 KMU-Forschung, 502019 Marketing
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Marketing, Strategy and Management
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/franchisees-with-multiple-stakeholder-roles-perceptions-and-conflict-in-franchise-networks(0630546e-113a-4373-a1b1-8828b3394488).html