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Stakeholder analysis of a retirement village development in Australia: insights from an interdisciplinary workshop

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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by Xin HuXin Hu, B Xia, L Buys, M Skitmore, R Kennedy, R Drogemuller
In Australia, the retirement village is regarded as a viable accommodation option for the fast-growing population of older people. Given that diverse stakeholders are involved in the village development process, a comprehensive stakeholder analysis, especially understanding stakeholders' concerns and expectations, is of critical importance to project success. This paper describes a stakeholder analysis based on a typical retirement village. The main methods utilized in this research were case study and an interdisciplinary workshop comprising intensive work sessions and cross-functional review. The participants of this 2014 Brisbane workshop included four village managers from an Australian retirement village developer and eight academics from diverse disciplines from a large university. Through this workshop, 24 village stakeholders and their specific concerns and expectations were identified. Results suggest that both concerns and expectations of these stakeholders are multidimensional and vary considerably, and the concerns and expectations of different stakeholders have complex relationships. Implications for a retirement village development are also proposed. The findings of the study serve as a valuable reference for developers' understanding of stakeholder concerns and expectations, and for taking corresponding actions in the final stages of the retirement village development.

History

Journal

International journal of construction management

Volume

15

Pagination

299-309

Location

Abingdon, Eng.

ISSN

1562-3599

eISSN

1562-3599

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2015, Taylor and Francis

Issue

4

Publisher

Taylor & Francis