Influence of religious values on stakeholder management: The Islamic religious perspective
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2021-06-22
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Abstract
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has a direct link with the concept of stakeholders.
Stakeholders consist of people or individual who are affected or can affect the
organisation’s achievement and objectives. Again, stakeholders are crucial in project
implementation success in the organization and are involved regularly in the
organisation’s functioning and that they raise organisation’s interdependence as well as
its environment. The present study identify the challenges introduced by religious values
in stakeholder management in the construction industry and also finds out strategies for
managing challenges from religious values in stakeholder management choosing Asokore
Mampong in the Ashanti Region of Ghana as the case study. The issues the study focused
on challenges introduced by religious values in managing stakeholders and strategies for
managing challenges introduced by religious values in stakeholder management. The
study used eighty (80) Muslims in Asokore Mampong. The instrument for the data
collection was developed by the researcher, preceded by a pilot study. The pilot study was
initially conducted in a similar Muslim community to ascertain its validity and reliability.
The data for the study was basically from primary source in that qualitative research
questions followed by closed-ended questionnaire were designed. The qualitative
questions (8) sought to know how Muslims see religious values and their deep
understanding of stakeholder. The quantitative questions were then designed based on the
answers given during the qualitative study. The data generated was analyzed using the
mean score ranking Descriptive statistics was used to test the data. The study concluded
that the culture challenges emanating from religious values greatly affect stakeholder
management. Further, it was concluded that communications challenges affect
management of stakeholders and that the strategies to managing the challenges are project
managers accommodate environmental factors, project managers consider stakeholders
need, and project managers consider personal experience and aspirations and project
managers include capacity building. It is therefore recommended that programme and or
project implementers use their project management skills solve practical cultural and
communication challenges
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management,
College of Art Built Environment
in partial fulfilled of the requirement for the Degree of
Master of Science
Keywords
Religious Values and Stakeholder Management, Influence