“…Coalition frameworks identify cognitive, interpersonal, and behavioral dimensions of inter‐organizational relations as influential regulators of engagement (Huang et al, 2018; Seitanidi et al, 2010). Building on these cross‐linked themes, PCT provides an interdisciplinary, systematic, and holistic sense‐making view of CSP dynamics that harmonizes three cross‐cutting drivers of CSP dynamics partially discussed in other theoretical perspectives (Sdunzik et al, 2022): partnership purposes (Klus et al, 2019; Seitanidi et al, 2010), situational context (Al‐Tabbaa et al, 2019; Iurkov & Benito, 2018), and relationship enablers (Anzola‐Román et al, 2019; Findikoglu & Watson‐Manheim, 2015). We briefly describe the framework next.…”