Abstract
Stakeholder theory may help health promoters to make changes at the organizational and policy level to promote health. A stakeholder is any individual, group, or organization that can influence an organization. The organization that is the focus for influence attempts is called the focal organization. The more salient a stakeholder is and the more central in the network, the stronger the influence. As stakeholders, health promoters may use communicative, compromise, deinstitutionalization, or coercive methods through an ally or a coalition. A hypothetical case study, involving adolescent use of harmful legal products, illustrates the process of applying stakeholder theory to strategic decision making.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 123S-132S |
Journal | Health Education & Behavior |
Volume | 42 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |
Keywords
- ecological model
- environmental approaches
- health promotion
- organizational change
- stakeholder analysis
- stakeholder theory