Table 1.

Stakeholders and their stakeholder roles [14]

Stakeholder	Stakeholder role
DSE employees, employer, participation councils within organizations, company doctors, HR advisors, and product owners	Influencers (Individuals or groups whose opinion might count and whom the decision makers might listen to, even in an informal way)
Business analysts and HR advisors	Recommenders (the people carrying out the search or evaluation process and who make a formal recommendation for or against a purchase)
Employer, company doctor	Economic buyers (The individual or group who controls the budget and makes the actual purchase)
Employer (buyer) and product owner (during development of the product)	Decision makers (The person or group ultimately responsible for the choices in (1) design and (2) purchase decisions. Usually, they have ultimate control over the budget.)
DSE employees	End-users
HR advisors and company doctors (these stakeholders have knowledge about laws and regulations (to prevent from obstruct the process of purchasing a product) and advise which interventions to buy/implement.	Saboteurs (the people and groups who can obstruct or derail the process of searching, evaluating, or purchasing a product.)