Understanding stakeholder power and influence gaps in a health care organization: an empirical study.
Scholars have vigorously debated the role of stakeholders since Freeman's 1984 landmark work. This article argues that an accurate assessment of relative power levels can enable stakeholders to accept their proper roles and responsibilities in planning and implementing strategy and enabling Top Management Teams to more fully integrate stakeholders' interest into the planning process.
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Business Department, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois, USA.
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D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board; D006275:Health Facility Planning; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007449:Investments; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014481:United States