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Peer Review Status: Refereed
Title: Exploring collaborative governance processes involving nonprofits
Author(s): Calò, Francesca
Teasdale, Simon
Roy, Michael J
Bellazzecca, Enrico
Mazzei, Micaela
Contact Email: michael.roy1@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: collaborative governance
nonprofits
realist evaluation
performance
leadership
Issue Date: Feb-2024
Date Deposited: 17-Jan-2024
Citation: Calò F, Teasdale S, Roy MJ, Bellazzecca E & Mazzei M (2024) Exploring collaborative governance processes involving nonprofits. <i>Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly</i>, 53 (1), pp. 54-78. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640231155817
Abstract: Nonprofits are increasingly involved in collaborative governance mechanisms, on the premise that their proximity to end users and better understanding of the local contexts can lead to better policy outcomes. Although government–nonprofit relations have been theorized and explored by several studies, few studies have examined specifically collaborative governance, instead focusing on other phases of policy development or service delivery. In this article, we present a realist evaluation of data gathered from in-depth semi-structured interviews (N = 41) and four focus groups with stakeholders involved in collaborative governance arrangements within “Strategic Public Social Partnerships” in Scotland. Our findings indicate that collaborative governance processes involving nonprofits can potentially lead to improved services through mechanisms such as the development of trust and the establishment of new learning dynamics, and when knowledgeable leadership and mutuality drive collaborations. However, this is only true if the long-term sustainability of these processes translates into the mainstreaming of both the resulting services and their underlying collaborative principles.
DOI Link: 10.1177/08997640231155817
Rights: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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