Community Collaboration: When the Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
Borden, Lynne Marie
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Description
Title
Community Collaboration: When the Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
Author(s)
Borden, Lynne Marie
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Jean Peterson
Department of Study
Human and Community Development
Discipline
Human and Community Development
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Psychology, Social
Language
eng
Abstract
The qualitative data suggested that clearly stated goals, communication between the council members, the council membership make-up, and the communication between members and their home organization influenced the collaborative process. Councils with clearly stated goals, effective communication, and representation from all individuals and/or groups affected by the particular issue were more able to actively pursue their ultimate goal of elimination of family violence. Contrary to expectations, the empirical data did not reveal that the four mediating factors predicted sustained progress of a collaboration, but, suggested that these four components were interdependent. Although conceptually strong and supported by the literature, the factor analyses suggested that there was only one factor operating within this measure. The interaction among the mediating variables suggests that collaborations are interactive dynamic systems; thus, best understood from a systems perspective.
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