Governance and collaboration : an evolutionary study of two mental health networks
By: MILWARD, H. Briton
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Contributor(s): PROVAN, Keith G | FISH, Amy | ISETT, Kimberley R | KUN, Huang.
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ArticlePublisher: Cary : Oxford University, jan. 2010Subject(s): Comportamento Organizacional | Governança | Relações de Trabalho | Avaliação de Desempenho | Análise Comparativa | Estados UnidosJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory - JPART 20, 1, p. i125-i142Abstract: This article presents a comparative analysis of the evolution of two community mental health networks that both have similar contracts from the State of Arizona. One of the networks if governed by a non-profit firm that buys needed services from a network of largely nonprofit agencies. The other network is governed by a community-based nonprofit that contracts with four separate nonprofit agencies to provide services directy or through a network of other providers, most of which are nonprofit. These two networks are analyzed, using social network analysis, when each system was first formed and again, 4 years later. The for-profit governed network is then compared to the nonprofit governed network on four dimensions: sector, nonprofit or for-profit, relationships and trust, the evolution of the structure of the networks, and a limited comparison of the two networks' performance
This article presents a comparative analysis of the evolution of two community mental health networks that both have similar contracts from the State of Arizona. One of the networks if governed by a non-profit firm that buys needed services from a network of largely nonprofit agencies. The other network is governed by a community-based nonprofit that contracts with four separate nonprofit agencies to provide services directy or through a network of other providers, most of which are nonprofit. These two networks are analyzed, using social network analysis, when each system was first formed and again, 4 years later. The for-profit governed network is then compared to the nonprofit governed network on four dimensions: sector, nonprofit or for-profit, relationships and trust, the evolution of the structure of the networks, and a limited comparison of the two networks' performance
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Volume 20
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