Resource Tangibility and the Evolution of a Publicly Funded Health and Human Services Network

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Provan, Keith G.; Huang, Kun
• 署名单位: University of Arizona; University of New Mexico; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF); University of New Mexico
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02504.x
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 366-375
• 关键词: management; ORGANIZATIONS; governance

摘要

This article is a longitudinal examination of a publicly funded network of health and human services organizations that provide services to mentally ill adults. Data were collected at two points in time from a single network in a large U.S. metropolitan area: when the network was completely reorganized, and again when it had matured, four years later. Analysis focuses on changes in the patterns of interaction within and across five resource-based subnetworks. The authors argue that the structure of network relationships depends on the type of resources involvedwhether tangible or intangible, the stage of network evolution, and whether macro- or micro-level interactions are considered. Implications for theory and for network management, governance, and policy are discussed.