Quantifying Stakeholder Theory via Modelling Stakeholder Attributes and Power Dynamics

We advance a unifying theoretical framework for stakeholder analysis by way of a rigorous mathematical formulation that can be used to inform both qualitative and quantitative research. The framework comprises five components contributing to stakeholder salience. Three of these relate to power, legitimacy and urgency, well known from classical stakeholder theory. The remaining two components represent types of resistance to change within an...