网络参与的起伏:以目标为导向的网络中的灵活性、稳定性和流动形式

IF 5.2 1区 管理学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Robin H Lemaire, Lauren K McKeague, Donna Sedgwick
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灵活性/稳定性之间的矛盾是以目的为导向的网络所面临的主要挑战,在网络参与方面尤为突出。由于网络的自愿性质,网络参与的波动是很常见的,随着时间的推移,参与者会因为各种原因进入、离开和返回。这种波动可能会挑战网络有效性的关键--稳定性。然而,尽管这种紧张关系很突出,我们却对如何管理网络参与的起伏知之甚少。在基于现象的理论的驱动下,我们利用纵向参与式行动研究,考察了一个早期儿童教育网络四年来每月工作组会议的参与者出席情况和贡献。结合访谈(人数=5)、会议出席情况跟踪(人数=37)和会议观察(人数=30),我们确定了源于个人、组织和系统力量的六种变动类型。我们发现,这些流动力量既支持灵活性,也支持稳定性。为了突出灵活性和稳定性的双重性,我们解释了一个层面的灵活性如何会导致另一个层面的稳定性,反之亦然。我们的研究结果有助于人们更好地理解稳定性和灵活性如何对网络都有价值,因此,需要拥抱参与的起伏。
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Ebb and Flow of Network Participation: Flexibility, stability and forms of flux in a purpose-oriented network
The flexibility/stability tension is a key challenge for purpose-oriented networks, especially salient with network participation. Because of the voluntary nature of networks, it is common for network participation to fluctuate, with participants entering, leaving, and returning over time for a variety of reasons. This fluctuation may challenge the stability that is key to network effectiveness. Yet, despite the salience of this tension, we know little about managing the ebb and flow of network participation. Driven by phenomenon-based theorizing, we draw on longitudinal participatory action research to examine participant attendance and contribution in monthly workgroup meetings over a four-year period of an early child education network. Combining interviews (n=5), meeting attendance tracking (n=37), and meeting observations (n=30), we identify six types of flux stemming from individual, organizational, and system forces. We find these forces of flux support both flexibility and stability. Highlighting the duality of flexibility and stability, we explain how flexibility at one level may result in stability at another and vice versa. Our findings contribute to a greater understanding of how stability and flexibility are both valuable for networks and thus, the need to embrace the ebb and flow of participation.
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory serves as a bridge between public administration or public management scholarship and public policy studies. The Journal aims to provide in-depth analysis of developments in the organizational, administrative, and policy sciences as they apply to government and governance. Each issue brings you critical perspectives and cogent analyses, serving as an outlet for the best theoretical and research work in the field. The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory is the official journal of the Public Management Research Association.
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