Khalilzadeh, M; Kebriyaii, O and Rezaei, R (2023) Identification and selection of stakeholder engagement strategies: Case study of an Iranian oil and gas construction project. International Journal of Construction Management, 23(3), pp. 484-494. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
Despite emphasizing the great importance of stakeholder management, there is a gap in applying a decision support system to adopt sustainable strategies for stakeholder engagement and conflict resolution especially in oil and gas projects. This paper presents a new framework for adopting the strategies in one of the largest oil and gas projects in Iran. In this proposed framework, firstly, the hybrid SWOT analysis and fuzzy Delphi method are used to identify and rank the sustainable stakeholder engagement strategies for managing conflicts. Then, a mathematical programming model was proposed to select the optimal strategies to maximize stakeholder engagement. The findings indicate that the results of the hybrid SWOT analysis and fuzzy Delphi method and the mathematical programming model are the same and the high ranked strategies obtained by the hybrid SWOT analysis and fuzzy Delphi method are selected in the proposed mathematical programming model as well. Also, each selected strategy can cover more than one conflict and improve stakeholder engagement.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | fuzzy Delphi method; mathematical programming model; oil and gas project; stakeholder engagement; strategy selection; sustainability; SWOT analysis |
| Index terms: | stakeholder management, mathematical programming, construction project, strategy, decision support, fuzzy Delphi, oil and gas, stakeholder engagement, conflict resolution, stakeholder engagement strategy, case study |
| Subjects: | production management, algorithms, management, decision-making and optimization, industry analysis, decision analysis, conflict resolution, community and social dimensions, data collection methods, participation process |
| Topics: | Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Business Strategy, Project Management, Research Practice, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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