Stakeholder descriptive classification | Description | Possessing salience attributes | |
Definitive stakeholder “Highly salient” | … managers’ have a clear and immediate mandate to attend to and give priority to that stakeholder’s claim | P, L, U | |
Expectant stakeholders “Moderately salient” | Dominant stakeholder | …’s influence in the firm is assured due to having legitimate claims and ability to act on these claims | P, L |
Dependent stakeholder | …have urgent legitimate claims but depend upon others for the power to carry out their will | L, U | |
Dangerous stakeholder | … will be coercive and possibly violent | P, U | |
Latent stakeholders “Lowly salient” | Dormant stakeholder | … have a little or no interaction with the firm | P (power) |
Discretionary stakeholder | … have no power to influence and no urgent claims | L (legitimacy) | |
Demanding stakeholder | … “mosquitoes buzzing in the ears” | U (urgengy) | |
Non-stakeholder “Not salient” | … potential stakeholder or not stakeholder at all | - |