Linda D. Hollebeek has published in "Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science"
We are delighted to share the news that a paper by the faculty`s Senior Research Fellow L. D. Hollebeek and her co-authors has been published in the top (AJG 4*) level scientific journal "Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science ". This is a particularly remarkable achievement as it is the second publication of this level in the faculty`s history.
„The paper broadens the existing notion of the customer journey, a hot topic in marketing research, to the stakeholder journey (SJ). The SJ recognizes that any stakeholder is on his/her role-related journey, and that different stakeholders’ journeys may intersect with one another, and be interdependent with one another.“ – Linda D.Hollebeek comments on the relevance of the article.
As the idea of the SJ is new, and there were virtually no existing publications on the topic in the field of marketing, a conceptual approach was chosen to investigate the research objectives. „We used interdependence theory to explore the interdependence of different stakeholders’ journeys and their potential interactions and intersections.“ – Linda adds.
Linda D.Hollebeek also highlights that the findings of the paper are significant for the scientific community: „The main findings center on our conceptualization of the SJ, showing how stakeholders’ engagement drives the SJ-based stakeholder experience, and indicating how the SJ adds value to businesses (e.g., by yielding improved stakeholder relationships).“
Co-authors of the paper are V. Kumar (St. John's University, USA), R. K. Srivastava (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India) and M. K. Clark (University of Reading, Henley-on-Thames, UK)
Hollebeek, L. D., Kumar, V., Srivastava, R. K., & Clark, M. K. (2022). Moving the stakeholder journey forward. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 1-27.
Link to the paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11747-022-00878-3