Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesBalancing Act: External Stakeholder Salience in IT GovernanceSaida Harguem, Karim Ben Boubaker, Said BaadelThis study explores how IT executives prioritize external stakeholders based on their perceived salience in various IT governance decision domains. Through a combination of computed salience scores and content analysis of interviews, we uncover that the prioritization of external stakeholders varies significantly across IT strategic vision, architecture, investments, infrastructure, applications development, and outsourcing decisions. Key external groups investors and shareholders, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 21, Issue 3 · 25 Jan 2025 · 5,884 accessesView PDFCite