Manageneral networking : issues of measurement and research design
By: MEIER, Kenneth J
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Contributor(s): O'Toole Jr., Laurence J.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, November 2005Subject(s): Internet | Informática | Empresa Pública | Pesquisa | Estados UnidosAdministration & Society 37, 5, p. 523-541Abstract: The study of networks is a growth area in public management. This article argues that small studies of networks need to be supplemented with large n studies that permit one to include more theoretically relevant control variables and to deal with issues of causality. Using survey data from several hundred agency heads, this article presents a reliable measure of management network activities that has demonstrated substantial empirical import. If the right network nodes are selected, contact information on only a limited number of nodes is needed. Who initiates contacts within the network is also shown to be important
The study of networks is a growth area in public management. This article argues that small studies of networks need to be supplemented with large n studies that permit one to include more theoretically relevant control variables and to deal with issues of causality. Using survey data from several hundred agency heads, this article presents a reliable measure of management network activities that has demonstrated substantial empirical import. If the right network nodes are selected, contact information on only a limited number of nodes is needed. Who initiates contacts within the network is also shown to be important
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