Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how boards can get in touch with their value critical stakeholders, those who can make or break the company. Design/methodology/approach – The paper first develops the hypothesis that boards often are out of touch with reality. It then...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a 2 × 2-perspective of management–stakeholder cooperation in organizational issues. The model encompasses the perspectives of both management and stakeholder and bridges the two dominant views in stakeholder thinking, namely, the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of decision tree analysis in the identification of stakeholders based on their participation in tourism and political activities in a community. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was sent to tourism stakeholders in two rural...

Purpose – A central claim of stakeholder theory is that the purpose of business is to create value for various stakeholders. However, managing diverse interests of stakeholders can be challenging in a business environment entrenched with different value systems. Lacking of qualitative...

Purpose – Identifying, attracting, and maintaining the engagement of the right composition of people for a non‐profit Board is a major challenge. Executives should ensure that their Boards accurately represent the stakeholders that matter, both from industry and the community. The purpose of...