When Illusion Met Illusion: How Interacting Biases Affect (Dis)trust within Coopetitive Policy Networks

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lee, Junesoo
• 署名单位: KDI School of Public Policy & Management
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.13351
• 发表日期: 2021
• 页码: 962-972
• 关键词: INTERPERSONAL-TRUST; social-structure; distrust; governance; management; PREJUDICE; collaboration; determinants; association; engagement

摘要

Coopetition is a universal relationship in policy networks where various organizations cooperate and also compete with one another. Dealing with the ambivalent relationships in policy networks, organizations in the network need to assess their internal and external environments. However, such assessments are usually inclined to be biased for various reasons. The question is If multiple organizations' assessment biases interact with one another, what happens to mutual trust or distrust? This study explores the patterns and impact of interactions of assessment biases using surveys and interviews administered to nuclear-related public institutions in South Korea. The findings imply that the interactions of individual biases impact trust and distrust differently according to diverse dimensions of bias, including power, cooperation, competition, and contribution in policy networks. What determines trust or distrust among network members may not only be whether biases exist but also how biases of network members are combined and matched.