Collaborative decision-making in Age-friendly Communities How power differentials between stakeholders influence the collaborative decision-making process
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2024-08-24
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The ageing population and financial problems pressure the Dutch care system, resulting in a decline in quality of care. Age-friendly Communities, where people of different ages live together and take care of each other, can offer a solution to this problem. To create these communities, collaboration between stakeholders is important. However, power differentials between stakeholders can undermine collaboration and decision-making. There is a knowledge gap in how power impacts collaborative decision-making in the context of Age-friendly Communities. This leads to the following research question: “What is the perceived influence of power differentials between stakeholders in Age-friendly Communities on collaborative decision-making?”. In order to answer this research question, two Dutch Age-friendly Communities are investigated. This qualitative research uses semi-structured interviews with board members and representatives of the community for data generation which is then analysed by the Gioia method. This results in a description of how collaborative decision-making is exercised in AFCs, how power is distributed between stakeholders and which strategies are used to influence the collaborative decision-making. This research concludes that stakeholders with more power have more influence on the collaborative decision-making process. However, stakeholders incorporate strategies to increase their influence. These strategies are: Negotiating, Activism, Lobbying, Networking and Exclusion.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen