The Evolution of Structural Embeddedness and Organizational Social Outcomes in a Centrally Governed Health and Human Services Network

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Provan, Keith G.; Huang, Kun; Milward, H. Brinton
• 署名单位: University of Arizona; Tilburg University; University of New Mexico; University of Arizona
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1053-1858
• DOI: 10.1093/jopart/mun036
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 873-893
• 关键词: POWER; trust; performance; legitimacy; management; DYNAMICS; patterns; exchange; SYSTEM

摘要

This research examines the effects, over time, of network embeddedness, on three organizationally based social outcomes. We argue that in a centralized, publicly funded but mixed sector health and human services network, an organization's structural embeddedness in the network, as measured by its centrality, will be related to its trustworthiness, reputation, and influence, as rated by other network members, and that this relationship will strengthen over time as the system matures. We also examine how service performance is related to network evolution.