Collaboration among Small, Community-Based Organizations

Takahashi, Lois M.; Smutny, Gayla

doi:10.1177/0739456x0102100203

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“…The pressure "to do more with less" has strengthened academic and practical interest in treating IORs as important mechanisms of collective action. Community-based organizations, in particular, are likely to entertain collaborative partnerships in response to financial and human resource deficiencies (Takahashi & Smutny, 2001). Indeed, Mandell and Keast (2008) indicate that the growing need for cooperation among voluntary and community organizations has precipitated a shift from "independent partners protecting their own interests to … Community Development 71 interdependent collaborators working for the common good alongside many different participants" (p. 180).…”

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An interactional approach to emergent interorganizational fields

Bessant

2014

Community Development

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Collaboration among community organizations is considered an important strategy for addressing the challenges posed by complex problems and turbulent environments. Indeed, there has been a proliferation of research on factors influencing the formation of interorganizational relationships (IORs), including a marked emphasis on transaction costs, resource dependence, and strategic choice. Far less attention has been focused on interest convergence, communal will, and mutuality, all of which are central to Wilkinson's social field theory. A pilot study (n = 30) was conducted to explore community development practitioners' views concerning the involvement of field-theoretic processes in community-oriented IORs. Participants rated a series of Likert-format statements based on an interactional approach to emergent IORs among local development agencies. Non-parametric Mokken analysis of the item responses identified six hierarchically ordered scales reflecting core tenets of social field theory. This research was undertaken to advance contemporary methods of investigating field-interactional interpretations of community and organizational development.

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confidence: 97%

An interactional approach to emergent interorganizational fields

Bessant

2014

Community Development

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“…Advocates of collaboration have identified many benefits of public-private partnerships [62]. Among small CBOs, collaboration with public and private entities with even informal organizational structures can lead to increased organizational capacity and highly effective programs [63]. In this same line of thinking, Selden, Sowa, and Sandfort [64] discovered that inter-organizational relationships in early care and education had positive impacts on client and program outcomes.…”

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Unraveling the Links between Organizational Factors and Perceptions of Community Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Investigation of Community-Based Nongovernmental Organizations

Wright

Reames

2020

Sustainability

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Community-based nongovernmental organizations have emerged as leaders in local economic development, with a growing capacity for undertaking community sustainability projects in distressed neighborhoods. Very little is known about what organizational and managerial characteristics contribute to community sustainability performance. This article seeks to address this gap in the literature. Survey data from 134 community action agencies in the U.S. were analyzed to determine which organizational and managerial factors influence the effectiveness of community-based organizations in meeting community sustainability goals. The findings from an ordinary least-square regression model suggest that community engagement, human resource capacity, county/regional government collaboration, government funding, and revenue diversification are important predictors of community sustainability performance.

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“…Different benefits accrue to the collaborative arrangements. Social collectives are associated with multiple-party benefits (Lees, Kielmann, Cataldo, & Gitau-Mburu, 2012), political influence (Hardy et al, 2006), and obtaining funding from third parties (Kwait et al, 2001;Takahashi & Smutny, 2001). Informal IOC is associated with swift responses to clients (Kwait et al, 2001) and the mutual exchange of resources (Werber et al, 2012).…”

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Advancing the New Communications Framework for HIV/AIDS: The Communicative Constitution of HIV/AIDS Networks in Tanzania’s HIV/AIDS NGO Sector

Olufowote¹,

Aranda²,

Wang³

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Although health communication research on HIV/AIDS has acknowledged the work of HIV/AIDS non-governmental organizations (NGOs), we know little about how such NGOs are collaborating in their response to the epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). UNAIDS estimated that over two-thirds of world-wide HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths take place in SSA and normative models have highlighted organizational collaborations as an important part of the response to public health risks and crises. This study advanced the New Communications Framework for HIV/AIDS by drawing on a constitutive model of communication to develop a discursive perspective on HIV/AIDS NGO collaborations. Analyses of interviews with 36 leaders of Tanzanian HIV/AIDS NGOs resulted in (a) networks of organizations of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and (b) networks expressing the following identities: as single entities that unify PLWHA organizations in/across administrative divisions, as structures for reaching grassroots PLWHA and facilitating their participation in decision-making forums at various scales, and as vehicles for various social impacts such as advocacy for PLWHA.

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Collaboration among Small, Community-Based Organizations

Cited by 13 publications

References 45 publications

An interactional approach to emergent interorganizational fields

An interactional approach to emergent interorganizational fields

Unraveling the Links between Organizational Factors and Perceptions of Community Sustainability Performance: An Empirical Investigation of Community-Based Nongovernmental Organizations

Advancing the New Communications Framework for HIV/AIDS: The Communicative Constitution of HIV/AIDS Networks in Tanzania’s HIV/AIDS NGO Sector

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