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Network governance and coalitions of non-profit organizations
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Abstract
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| During the last decade, networks have become part and parcel of the everyday reality of non-profit organizations (Renz, Brown & Andersson, 2023). Nevertheless, the term networks is approached from different perspectives and receives multiple meanings throughout the literature. This contribution provides a definition of organizational networks, discusses relevant insights on the governance of these networks, and puts forward a research agenda on network governance and non-profit organizations. Importantly, we delineate our network-level perspective from an organizational-level perspective. Whereas organizational-level studies typically provide valuable contributions on interorganizational advantages when organizations engage in networks or strategic alliances (Dyer and Singh, 1998), our contribution focuses on the governance of the whole network of non-profit organizations. By doing so, we provide an answer to the sense of urgency expressed in several literature reviews such as Renz, Brown & Andersson (2023) for more research and conceptual reflection on the governance of non-profit organizations at the network-level. We specifically argue for a research agenda that moves from consensus-driven approaches on network governance to efforts to map formal and informal ties among non-profit organizations (Van Puyvelde & Raeymaeckers, 2020). |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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International encyclopedia of civil society / List, R.A. [edit.]; et al.
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Publication
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Springer
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2024
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ISBN
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978-3-319-99675-2
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DOI
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10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_74-1
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p. 1-6
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