Table 2 Suggestions for further research
Topic | Future research agenda |
|---|---|
People and roles | - Studies on people currently obscure in current studies such as politicians, community leaders, citizens, and users |
Models of leadership | - Studies on the emergence of collective leadership - Observation studies focussing on interactions where power and leadership emerge and are negotiated in real time, to illuminate collective coproduction leadership processes - Studies on sense-making of leadership and coproduction - Research based on collective leadership theories - Studies to explore a ‘good’ balance of strong and directive leadership with facilitative and shared leadership |
Practices of leading coproduction | - Observational studies of leadership practices, barriers and facilitators - Qualitative longitudinal studies on the evolution and sequencing of different leadership theories and practices over time - Designing and testing different practices - Case studies focussing on training and development in the leadership and management of coproduction in the context of the system for all peoples - Participatory research methods like action research and interactive research (based on partnerships between researchers, patient/citizens and professional service organisations in knowledge coproduction) - Theories of systems thinking, social network theory, and complex adaptive systems theory as providing new perspectives - Investigating collective leadership practices through the lens of models such as relational leadership, and the Direction, Alignment and Commitment (DAC) model [11] |