Network Structure, Strength of Relationships, and Communities' Success in Project Implementation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shrestha, Manoj K.
• 署名单位: University of Idaho
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12787
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 284-294
• 关键词: collective action; PUBLIC MANAGEMENT; strong ties; Embeddedness; KNOWLEDGE; CONFLICT

摘要

Studies of network effectiveness in the collaborative public program setting commonly have found that actors with more organizational partners, more indirect (bridging) ties to other partners, and more cohesive relationships among partners have greater success in implementing projects. This article contributes to this literature by developing and testing hypotheses about how strength of relationships, measured by frequency of contacts, moderates these results. In the context of community water supply projects in Nepal, the article shows that greater frequency of contacts between communities and organizational partners enhances the impact of having more partners and more cohesive relationships among partners but decreases the impact of having more indirect connections. For practitioners and network theorists, these findings highlight the importance of strength of relationships in the link between networks and performance.