This study explores the way in which network structure (network integration), network context
(resource munificence and stability), and network governance mode relate to network …

Networks have been a research issue in public administration for many years. Because of
the difficulty of measuring networks, they have often been treated as a metaphor, a …

This article contributes a strategic coordination framework for network performance that is
derived from reviewing and integrating disparate research findings about effectiveness in …

Networks have been described in terms of metaphors, governance arrangements and
structural or institutional arrangements. These different perspectives of networks come out of …

This article is an examination of the effects of network involvement, or structural
embeddedness, on three organizationally based social outcomes. Specifically, we argue …

This article offers insights into the complexity of assessing the performance of public
networks. We have identified three so‐called exogenous factors: form of the network, type of …

This article examines the governance of organizational networks and the impact of
governance on network effectiveness. Three basic models, or forms, of network governance …

Since the early 1990s, public networks have been implemented in many countries to solve
'wicked'public problems, addressing such issues as health, social care, local development …

The authors of this article have developed a preliminary theory of network effectiveness
wherein the unit of analysis is not the organization but the ties between the parts of a …

Assessing public network performance is conceptually and methodologically challenging,
because it is difficult to account for a public network's multidimensional characteristics. This …