Stakeholder conflict
What Stakeholder conflict means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: AQA
Arises when stakeholder interests clash, for example a pay rise for employees may reduce shareholder dividends.
A situation where the objectives of one stakeholder group contradict the objectives of another stakeholder group.
Topics that use Stakeholder conflict
- Stakeholders (AQA GCSE)
- Stakeholders in business (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- External Stakeholder
- Internal Stakeholder
- Shareholder
- Stakeholder
- Business decision making
- Conflict between stakeholders
- Dividend
- Dividend payments to owners
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