A Review of Previous Researches' Methods on Stakeholder Management at Construction Projects

The construction project involves many stakeholders from various disciplines and professions. Each person has his own attitude and views on the project's development. Moreover they also have different roles. These different roles can cause conflicts if not managed properly. Under these circumstances, managing stakeholders in a construction project are very important in order to achieve successful project. Recently, research on stakeholder management is developing widely. There are many studies that discuss stakeholder management's research using different methods. It is important to know the appropriate method for research on stakeholder management. This study discusses the method used in the previous researches about stakeholder management through a literature review of 20 papers. The result of this study is the mapping of various research methods that can be used as recommendations for determining research methods in further research in the field of stakeholder management. Furthermore, further research on concept, limitations, and variables's mapping in the field of stakeholder management can be done so that theoretical mapping for stakeholder management is more comprehensive.