Network Structure, Strength of Relationships, and Communities’ Success in Project Implementation
研究了在尼泊尔社区供水项目中，社区与组织伙伴的联系频率如何影响伙伴数量、间接联系和伙伴间凝聚力对项目成功的作用。
Abstract Studies of network effectiveness in the collaborative public program setting commonly have found that actors with more organizational partners, more indirect (bridging) ties to other partners, and more cohesive relationships among partners have greater success in implementing projects. This article contributes to this literature by developing and testing hypotheses about how strength of relationships, measured by frequency of contacts, moderates these results. In the context of community water supply projects in Nepal, the article shows that greater frequency of contacts between communities and organizational partners enhances the impact of having more partners and more cohesive relationships among partners but decreases the impact of having more indirect connections. For practitioners and network theorists, these findings highlight the importance of strength of relationships in the link between networks and performance .