The Entangled Twins: Power and Trust in Collaborative Governance

2018/09/18 by Bing Ran, Huiting Qi · 4 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Innovation and Knowledge Management #Knowledge Management and Sharing #Public Policy and Administration Research

paper · doi:10.1177/0095399718801000

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Abstract

Power and trust are two important issues of interorganizational relations in collaborative governance. This article develops a critical conceptual analysis of the dyadic relationship between power and trust in the context of collaborative governance. Three dynamic relationships and seven corresponding propositions are proposed regarding the shared sources of power and trust, the effects of power asymmetry and power sharing on trust building, and the influence of trust building on the management of power relationship in collaborative governance. These dyadic relations will help scholars and practitioners to deal with the dynamics brought forth by power and trust in collaboration.

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