Sewandono, Mauk (2024) Actor dynamics in a Polycentric Governance System. Master thesis.
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Abstract
Actors need to acquire the right mental circumstances to gain new knowledge and insights in a collaborative effort between organisations. They require the presence of Adaptive Space and, therefore, understanding how this space is influenced by actor dynamics is crucial. Previous research has primarily focused on individual organisations and mainly relied on authoritative leadership theories as the explanation for newly gained knowledge. A deeper understanding of how actors enable the Adaptive Space in a collaborative process between organisations is required. This thesis investigates how complexity leadership operates in functioning organisations by researching what strategies are being deployed and how actors experience the influence thereof on the Adaptive Space, in order to gain a better understanding of how polycentric governmental programs can progress in a complex and dynamic environment. This research combined a literature review, document analysis, participatory observations and semi-structured interviews to analyse the actor dynamics during the Puzzle-phase of the NOVEX-program. Herein, Enabling Leadership is the collection of strategies deployed by actors which enables Adaptive Space. The results showed that psychological safety is required for proper communications. Increasing most leadership constituents, such as increasing one’s personal network and being informed, had a positive effect on the Adaptive Space. Applying pressure and coordinative efforts proved advantageous for the Adaptive Space to a certain degree, after which it is considered an excess that has a negative effect. The findings indicate that the program-design makes certain leadership strategies less likely to be deployed because its effect is incorporated in the program. Furthermore, specific jobs make that particular leadership strategies are more logical to be deployed by one actor compared to another. Future research is needed to create a more complete picture of leadership strategies by comparing results from different polycentric governance systems.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Rauws, W.S. and Bousema, I.T.J. |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2024 11:38 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2024 11:38 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4708 |
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