The Evolution of Dyadic Interorganizational Relationships in a Network of Publicly Funded Nonprofit Agencies

2004/11/23 by Kimberley R. Isett, K. R. Isett · 4 citations
Social Sciences · Health Professions · #Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering #Public Policy and Administration Research #Community Health and Development

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Abstract

This article addresses a gap in the extant literature on networks by assessing how interorganizational relationships evolve in a public sector network setting. The context for the research was a network of publicly funded health and human service agencies involved in service delivery to people with serious mental illness. Longitudinal data were collected from a single community. The analysis suggests that public and nonprofit sector relationships evolve differently than private sector partnerships, providing an alternative perspective to the prevailing view in organization theory.

Citations

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