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Diversity, Networks And Performance: An Empirical Analysis Of Metropolitan Planning Organizations In The United States, Yujin Choi
Public Administration - Dissertations
Achieving network performance is a vital goal in response to the increase of inter-organizational networks public organizations involve. The primary aim of this research is to examine the factors that predict performance in public management networks by disentangling the idea that collaboration requires both diversity and unity. Drawing upon diversity theories, social capital theory and management literature as theoretical lenses, this dissertation serves to investigate the following questions:
1. What is the collaborative decision-making process in inter-organizational networks?
2. How does social capital mediate the relationship between network member diversity and performance?
3. How does network management strategy moderate the …