Research in Corporate Political Action

1997/03/01 by Kathleen A. Getz · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Political Influence and Corporate Strategies #Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism

paper · doi:10.1177/000765039703600103

Abstract

This article reviews the literature on corporate political action (CPA), integrating the perspectives of nine basic social science theories. Theoretical and empirical research grounded in these nine theories have described the characteristics of firms that engage in CPA (who), their rationale (why), and their methods (how). To a much lesser extent, the literature has also addressed how CPA changes over time (when) and the settings in which CPA is done (where). Reexamining the CPA literature this way directs us toward fundamental research questions that have not yet been addressed.

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