Building Collaboration: Examining the Relationship between Collaborative Processes and Activities
研究考察公共项目在不同程度的组织间活动中协作过程是否不同，通过定性比较分析发现协作过程维度随参与程度变化，且存在可替代的组合，为公共管理者管理组织间活动提供参考。
Abstract This study investigates if the collaborative process differs among a group of public programs involved in varying levels of interorganizational activities. Thomson and Perry (2006) suggest five process dimensions underlie collaboration: governance, administration, norms of trust, mutuality, and organizational autonomy. While these dimensions are clearly unique, it is unclear if any of these dimensions are necessary or sufficient for varying degrees of interorganizational involvement. Inventorying the interorganizational activities of pairs of government-funded preschools as ranging along a continuum of no relationship, cooperation, coordination, and collaboration, I conduct a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to assess the relationship between collaborative processes and activities. The findings suggest that the collaborative processes dimensions differ depending on the level of involvement. The QCA results also reveal substitutable combinations of process dimensions that underlie respective degrees of interorganizational involvement, offering insight to public managers about different skill sets they can focus on when managing interorganizational activities.