The stakeholder sandwich: A new stakeholder analysis model for events and festivals

Wallace, K; Michopoulou, E

The stakeholder sandwich: A new stakeholder analysis model for events and festivals

Wallace, K

Michopoulou, E

Permalink

Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Event Management, 2019, 23 (4), pp. 541 - 558
Issue Date:: 2019-01-01

Closed Access

	Filename	Description	Size
	Stakeholder Sandwich.pdf	Published Version	1.48 MB	Adobe PDF	View/Open

Copyright Clearance Process

Recently Added
In Progress
Closed Access

This item is closed access and not available.

Full metadata record

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Wallace, K https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4367-6441	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Michopoulou, E	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Event Management, 2019, 23 (4), pp. 541 - 558	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1525-9951	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/138790
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Cognizant, LLC. The significance of stakeholders in the festival and events sector is demonstrated in the literature and is a growing area of interest. The application of conventional stakeholder theory to this sector has proved to be problematic and new models developed as alternatives. Since the 1980s a number of matrices and models have been established to identify and categorize stakeholders, but limitations have been exposed in the context of festival and events research. This study set out to explore the use of established stakeholder models for their usefulness and effectiveness in the sector, consider alternative models and to examine empirically a proposed alternative. To do so, a multiphased qualitative methodology was used. Results indicated that none of the conventional or proposed sector-specific models were in common usage by sector professionals but did confirm that Ed Freeman's founding stakeholder definition of 1984 continues to be valid and hold true. The framework for a new conceptual test model was developed and then refined to produce the Stakeholder Sandwich Model for testing on a live event. This model proved to be effective in identifying and mapping a wide range of stakeholders with flexibility and fluidity, overcoming the limitations of both established conventional models and more recent sector-specific typographies. This model has significant potential for application in the festival and events sector, with implications for both researchers and event practitioners.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Event Management	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3727/152599519X15506259855742	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	en_US
dc.title	The stakeholder sandwich: A new stakeholder analysis model for events and festivals	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	23	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1504 Commercial Services	en_US
utslib.for	1506 Tourism	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Students
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	4	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	23	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019 Cognizant, LLC. The significance of stakeholders in the festival and events sector is demonstrated in the literature and is a growing area of interest. The application of conventional stakeholder theory to this sector has proved to be problematic and new models developed as alternatives. Since the 1980s a number of matrices and models have been established to identify and categorize stakeholders, but limitations have been exposed in the context of festival and events research. This study set out to explore the use of established stakeholder models for their usefulness and effectiveness in the sector, consider alternative models and to examine empirically a proposed alternative. To do so, a multiphased qualitative methodology was used. Results indicated that none of the conventional or proposed sector-specific models were in common usage by sector professionals but did confirm that Ed Freeman's founding stakeholder definition of 1984 continues to be valid and hold true. The framework for a new conceptual test model was developed and then refined to produce the Stakeholder Sandwich Model for testing on a live event. This model proved to be effective in identifying and mapping a wide range of stakeholders with flexibility and fluidity, overcoming the limitations of both established conventional models and more recent sector-specific typographies. This model has significant potential for application in the festival and events sector, with implications for both researchers and event practitioners.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/138790