Competing perspectives on the governance role of boards of English housing associations and attitudes to board payment
2017
This thesis uses Q methodology and an abductive approach to discover competing conceptualisations of how housing associations should be governed and attitudes to board payment.
It identifies five sets of perspectives characterised as:
1. Business Focused and Corporately Responsible
2. Socially Focused and Stakeholder Accountable
3. Regulator Focused and Professionally Responsible
4. Leadership Focused and Governance Rigour
5. Pragmatically Focused and Non-Prescriptive
The results confirm the hybrid nature of housing associations and that their governance is complex, multi-faceted so does not converge on one uniform consensus view. Power and payment emerge as two particular issues of contention, but at a more fundamental level the differences relate to conceptions of the role of the board exists to fulfil.
The characteristics of housing association governance are not only analysed at a sector level, but are also explored on a case basis for two housing associations to demonstrate the potential of Q methodology as a means of board assessment. The thesis also considers the significance that the particular context, conditions and circumstances may have from a personal perspective.
The thesis concludes that increased recognition should be given to exposing and exploring differences of perspective and ensuring there is clarity about purpose and approach.
Keywords:
- Correction
- Source
- Cite
- Save
- Machine Reading By IdeaReader
0
References
1
Citations
NaN
KQI