The Social/Behavioral Construction of Employees as Strategic Actors on Company Boards of Directors

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ID3759252
AuthorsSøren Christensen (0000-0003-2500-0085, Copenhagen Business School), Hanne Christensen (0000-0002-7472-3194, Copenhagen Business School), Ann Westenholz (Copenhagen Business School)
Year1997
Volume40
Issue4
Pages490-501
Publication date1997-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764297040004011
OpenAlexW2040062485
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited10

In this article, the authors try to develop a theoretical frame of reference to help us understand the social construction of employees as strategic company actors on boards of directors. In 1973, the Danish Parliament passed an act granting employees the right to elect two members to sit on a company's board of directors. The authors attempt to understand the processes by which employee representatives infused this institutional form with meaning through a process of identity construction. This construction process draws on general cultural forms in the Danish society, primarily the institution of democracy. However, the authors' focus is on the board level. They observe that employee representatives come to share with their board colleagues, the representatives of capital, a market or company strategic perspective on board decision making, simultaneously maintaining the perspective of employee interests. This article is based on a series of in-depth analyses of company boards and interviews with a number of directors

Business · Corporate governance · Danish · Institution · Parliament · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Process (computing) · Public relations · Sociology · Accounting and Organizational Management · Family Business Performance and Succession · Management and Organizational Studies

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