Purpose-Stakeholder management plays a significant role in the successful delivery of 4 construction projects. However, being able to carry out effective stakeholder management in 5 construction is contingent upon understanding the interrelationships among the critical 6 success factors (CSFs) for stakeholder management in construction and how they are related 7 to project success. This would enable the persons responsible for stakeholder management to 8 know the logical process for addressing the critical success factors in order to get stakeholder 9 management right. The understanding of this relationship has not been addressed. This 10 research aimed to investigate the interrelationships between the CSFs for stakeholder 11 management and project success in construction. 12 Design/Methodology/Approach-From an extensive literature review, 23 critical success 13 factors for stakeholder management in construction were identified. A conceptual structural 14 equation model (SEM) of the relationships between critical success factors was developed 15 (including measurement and structural models) using the groupings of the critical success 16 factors for stakeholder management in construction. A questionnaire survey was used to 17 collect data from construction industry practitioners. The data so collected were analysed 18 using SEM in Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS). 19 Findings-The SEM analysis of data collected resulted in the best fitting measurement 20 model comprising 16 critical success factors as indicators of four latent variables namely, 21 stakeholder characteristics and project characteristics; stakeholder analysis; stakeholder 22 dynamics; and stakeholder engagement/empowerment. Furthermore, it was found that only 23 stakeholder engagement/empowerment has direct positive impact on project success. The 24 Page 1 of 48 http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ecaam Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 27 Research Limitations/Implications-The research reported in this paper was carried out in 28 the UK hence the findings may have portrayed the UK construction professionals' opinion. 29 However, the theoretical principles on which the research was based are general and similar 30 research could be replicated in different countries whose construction procurement processes 31 and industries are structured like those of the UK or otherwise. 32 Originality/Value-The paper contributes to theory by empirically identifying the 33 interrelationships among the critical success factors for stakeholder management linking to 34 project success which will serve as a guide to construction professionals.The main 35 contribution of this study to existing knowledge is an empirical evidence of the 36 interrelationships among the CSFs for stakeholder management in construction through their 37 latent variables which is portrayed in the best fitting structural model showing the 38 relationships between the constructs of CSFs for stakeholder management and project 39 success. This should serve as a guide to construct...

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