Purpose The concept of collaboration has received increased attention from scholars in
public management, as it has been seen as a viable solution to address “wicked” problems …

The purpose of the paper is to identify factors driving effective inter-organizational
collaboration, investigate the impact of these factors on efforts launched in public …

As public administrators face complex problems, fiscal stresses, and resource shortages,
innovative partnerships are needed to bring diverse stakeholders together to resolve these …

Although long seen as desirable, inter-agency collaboration has remained conceptually
elusive and difficult to achieve. Whilst recognising that there are other positions, this article …

As the world has become increasingly connected over the last few decades, government
and public managers have had to adapt from traditional unitary, hierarchical organizations to …

Collaborative public management research is flourishing. A great deal of attention is being
paid to the process and impact of collaboration in the public sector, and the results are …

This article reports on exploratory, mixed-method research using three different datasets to
provide a qualitative comparison describing how US local public managers, US federal …

Purpose Over the 30 years, public management and administration scholars have crossed
disciplinary boundaries to build a body of scholarship on collaboration for public good …

Collaboration is an important yet contested concept in public management. Collaboration is
widely argued to be the best approach for generating more fruitful outcomes than can be …

Collaboration has become the predominant approach to solving complex public problems.
This choice, however, often is not driven by demonstrated effectiveness. Collaboration is …