Effect of Stakeholder Management on Project Success: The Case of Bilalo-Kersa-Arsi Negele Road Project
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2023-07
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The aim of this study is to test the effect of stakeholder management on project success. Stakeholders are individuals or groups who are either actively involved in the project's work or who seek to gain or lose from it. Stakeholder management is a method that enables organized, timely, and coordinated engagement with stakeholders. The data for the study was collected from employees working at a road project in Ethiopia. A closed-ended questionnaire was used in the study to collect data, and 94 respondents participated. The researcher used explanatory and descriptive research approaches. The study used quantitative research design. Regression analyses was applied to generate outputs. The result of the regression shows that the four independent variables (stakeholder communication, stakeholder engagement, stakeholder empowerment and risk control) have a significant and positive effect on project success. Therefore improving those in a project improves the project success. While it is found that stakeholder identification have no significant effect on project success. Based on the results, recommendations and suggestion for further studies are forwarded in the study
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stakeholders