Stakeholder management in the local government decision-making area: evidences from a triangulation study with the English local government
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The stakeholder theory has been in the management agenda for about thirty years and reservations about its acceptance as a comprehensive theory still remains. It was introduced as a managerial issue by the Labour Party in 1997 aiming to make public management more inclusive. This article aims to contribute to the stakeholder theory adding descriptive issues to its theoretical basis. The findings are derived from an inductive investigation carried out with English Local Authorities, which will most likely be reproduced in other contexts. Data collection and analysis is based on a data triangulation method that involves case-studies, interviews of validation and analysis of documents. The investigation proposes a model for representing the nature of the relationships between stakeholders and the decision-making process of such organizations. The decision-making of local government organizations is in fact a stakeholder-based process in which stakeholders are empowered to exert influences due to power over and interest in the organization's operations and outcomes.
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Gomes, R. C. (2018). Stakeholder management in the local government decision-making area: evidences from a triangulation study with the English local government. Journal of Contemporary Administration, 10(spe), 77-98. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-65552006000500005
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