Shahzad Khurram a soutenu sa thèse de doctorat le 30 juin 2015 à l’Université Paris Sud intitulée “La transformation institutionnelle et la saillance des parties prenantes”. Inscrit depuis novembre 2011 au RITM, il a préparé son travail doctoral sous la direction de Sandra Charreire-Petit et en co-encadrement avec Florent Pestre. La thèse, en anglais et “sur travaux”, se compose d’une introduction générale, de cinq articles en cours de publication, ainsi que d’une conclusion générale. Le jury était composé de Samuel Mercier (Université de Bourgogne, Rapporteur), Marielle Payaud (IAE de Lyon, Rapporteur), Jean-Philippe Denis (Université Paris-Sud, Président), Isabelle Huault (Université Paris-auphine, suffragant), Aurélien Acquier (ESCP Europe, Suffragant), Sandra Charreire-Petit (Université Paris-Sud, Directrice de thèse) et Florent Pestre (Université Paris-Sud, Co-encadrant).
The institutional transformation and the stakeholders’ salience
Summary: An established stream of literature in institutional tradition suggests that as institutional change process unfolds in the field, dominant institutional logic shifts. The implications of such shifts in institutional logic for the broader network of relationships of various constituents are still not clear. This thesis, therefore, aims to uncover the dynamics of firm-stakeholders relationships in a field undergoing a robust institutional change process. In order to understand these evolving relationships in emerging country’s context, Mitchell et al.’s (1997) framework of stakeholder salience has been employed as an underlying theoretical framework. This thesis also makes several conceptual and empirical contributions to this framework and strengthens its theoretical underpinnings. Overall, using data collected in Pakistan through semi-structured interviews and archival material, this dissertation suggests strong dominant institutional logic-stakeholder salience relationship. Moreover, this thesis provides several lessons for managers and researchers that may help to better set firms’ strategic direction.