Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339909 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Project Leadership and Society (PLAS) [ISSN:] 2666-7215 [Volume:] 5 [Article No.:] 100151 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 1-12
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
Community engagement is essential for creating social value and fostering high-quality development in megaprojects. However, organizing such engagement within public-private partnerships is particularly complex in weak institutional contexts, such as those found in sub-Saharan Africa. Existing research often depoliticizes community engagement, overlooking the critical role of government. Additionally, empirical studies on this phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa remain scarce. In this study, we adopt a governmentality lens and a design science research method to identify meta-organizing and responsibilization as governmental strategies for organizing community engagement in weak institutional contexts, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa. Through an embedded case study of a megaproject in Nigeria, we develop two sets of design principles that form a transformational community engagement framework. Our findings have implications for community engagement practices in megaprojects within weak institutional contexts and contribute to mainstream external stakeholder engagement research.
Subjects: 
Community engagement
Governmentality
Megaprojects
Public-private partnership
Social value
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Document Type: 
Article

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