Collaboration dynamics are the internal working processes that unfold among participants of an MSC²². These dynamics can affect collaborative outcomes such as the ability to sustain engagement, build trust, establish commitment, and maintain shared understanding of problems and solutions over time. Successfully functioning collaboration dynamics can lead to productive outputs and outcomes for MSCs. Since collaboration dynamics lead to collaborative actions that ultimately generate positive public outcomes, developing a more precise understanding of these dynamics is a key component to successful implementation of MSCs. In PHIL’s Improving Population Health Through Multisector Collaboration brief series, briefs 3-5 show how specific collaboration dynamics can be leveraged to improve different outcomes.

Related Resources

Improving Population Health Through Multisector Collaboration, a Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) research brief (2023)
Linking Collaboration Dynamics and Outcomes in Collaborative Governance, dissertation by Stephanie Bultema (2022)
Collaborative Governance and Collaboration Dynamics, a Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) web discussion (2020)

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