The Influence of Shared Participant Governance on the Integration of Service Networks: A Comparative Social Network Analysis
研究了共享参与者治理（一种无中介的网络协调方式）如何促进服务组织间的联系形成，基于比利时安特卫普三个区的福利会议数据，发现该治理方式对网络整合有正向作用，且依赖核心成员的积极参与。
We investigate how networks among service organizations are integrated through a shared participant type of governance. Shared participant governance is a non-brokered type of network coordination where a network is governed by its members without a separate governance entity. We study the integrative capacity of this type of governance by measuring the effect of participation in a shared participant governance on tie formation in networks among service organizations. We analyze three networks of service organizations in three districts of Antwerp, Belgium. In each of these districts, the networks are governed by welfare meetings, defined as a shared participant type of governance. We use exponential random graph models. The results show that a shared participant type of governance has a positive effect on tie formation. We also find that the positive effect on tie formation is dependent on the active participation of centralized actors in the welfare meetings.