Stakeholder analysis and engagement in projects: from stakeholder relational perspective to stakeholder relational ontology

Stéphanie Missonier () and Sabrina Loufrani-Fedida ()
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Stéphanie Missonier: UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
Sabrina Loufrani-Fedida: GREDEG - Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion - UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur

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Abstract: This paper investigates the stakeholder analysis and engagement in the field of project management. In response to the limits of prior studies, we propose a relevant conceptual approach by moving from a stakeholder relational perspective, anchored in recent studies on Social Network Theory, to a stakeholder relational ontology, anchored in Actor-Network Theory (ANT). We apply our approach to read and understand a longitudinal case study of an Information System (IS) project. Our most important findings suggest that this approach based on ANT improves stakeholders' analysis of and engagement in a project by shedding light on the dynamic and emergent nature of the relationships, since we demonstrate that the nature, roles, and relations between stakeholders co-evolve with the project's definition and trajectory. Consequently, we can provide project managers with a relevant approach that informs them about what to observe in stakeholder project networks, as well as how and when to observe them.

Keywords: Managing Stakeholder; Actor-Network Theory (ANT); Relational Ontology; Information System (IS) project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Published in International Journal of Project Management, 2014, 32 (7), pp.1108-1122

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