Exploring power imbalance and stakeholder social responsibility within the Nigerian oil and gas industry

This paper adopts a societal view of stakeholder theory and considers the firm as a stakeholder in the upstream sector of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Key themes emerging from 75 interviews with industry stakeholders were ‘historical hangover’ and ‘stakeholder social ir/responsibility’. Historical hangover articulates how historical legacies of the multinational oil companies’ (MNOCs) home countries strengthen the influence of MNOCs in...