Journal of Management History (Archive): Volume 6 Issue 5

Mary Parker Follett: individualist or collectivist? Or both?

Lori Verstegen Ryan, Matthew A. Rutherford

Mary Parker Follett has been categorized as both an individualist and a collectivist, based on statements in her varied writings over two decades. This paper argues that…

Decades ahead of her time: advancing stakeholder theory through the ideas of Mary Parker Follett

Melissa A. Schilling

Though the work of Mary Parker Follett predates the field of stakeholder theory by almost 60 years, and no reference to her work is found in the stakeholder literature, many of…