Extent of stakeholder management practices in building projects procured by private corporate organisations in Nigeria
Built Environment Project and Asset Management
ISSN: 2044-124X
Article publication date: 17 May 2021
Issue publication date: 20 October 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Studies on stakeholder management (SM) in developing countries have largely focused on public projects. However, projects of private organisations also need much improvement. The purpose of the study was to examine the extent of SM practices in building projects procured by private corporate organisations.
Design/methodology/approach
Purposive sampling technique was used to select project managers (PMs) and client representatives (CRs) who have been involved in projects procured by private corporate organisations between 2008 and 2017 in Southwestern Nigeria. The PMs are comprised of executive and non-executive PMs as well as contract administrators. Both the PMs and CRs were requested to provide information on one building project in which they were involved within the period under consideration. The data collected were analysed using mean score (MS) analysis, t-test, and analysis of variance.
Findings
The results showed that structured SM processes were followed in only 30.65% of building projects procured by private corporate organisations in the study area. Results further showed on a five-point scale 5-max scale that SM practice was highest with an MS of 3.92 on projects where executive PMs were appointed and lowest (MS = 2.85) on projects where PMs were appointed as contract administrators. Furthermore, it was found that respondents placed the highest premium (MS = 3.73) on stakeholder identification while they placed the lowest premium (MS = 3.45) on developing implementation strategies and stakeholder classification.
Practical implications
The study examines the status quo regarding SM practice in the study area in order to devise a means of refinement.
Originality/value
The study is an attempt to evaluate the premium placed on different components of SM practices by differing categories of project managers.
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Citation
Olatunde, N.A. and Odeyinka, H.A. (2021), "Extent of stakeholder management practices in building projects procured by private corporate organisations in Nigeria", Built Environment Project and Asset Management, Vol. 11 No. 5, pp. 819-834. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-05-2020-0102
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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