Stakeholder descriptive classification

Description

Possessing salience attributes

Definitive stakeholder

“Highly salient”

… managers’ have a clear and immediate mandate to attend to and give priority to that stakeholder’s claim

P, L, U

Expectant stakeholders

“Moderately salient”

Dominant stakeholder

…’s influence in the firm is assured due to having legitimate claims and ability to act on these claims

P, L

Dependent stakeholder

…have urgent legitimate claims but depend upon others for the power to carry out their will

L, U

Dangerous stakeholder

… will be coercive and possibly violent

P, U

Latent stakeholders

“Lowly salient”

Dormant stakeholder

… have a little or no interaction with the firm

P (power)

Discretionary stakeholder

… have no power to influence and no urgent claims

L (legitimacy)

Demanding stakeholder

… “mosquitoes buzzing in the ears”

U (urgengy)

Non-stakeholder

“Not salient”

… potential stakeholder or not stakeholder at all

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