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Pitfalls and Challenges for Trust and Effectiveness in Collaborative Networks

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  • Annick Willem
  • Steffie Lucidarme

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Collaborative networks in the public and non-profit sector face challenges that are typical for their institutional context. The typical characteristics that might impede the functioning of networks and, in particular, the development of trust and network effectiveness, are related to type of instigation, network flexibility, and power in the form of unbalanced influence and the vertical character of networks. In a sample of 52 networks, the effects of network flexibility, mandatory and vertical networks, and influence on trust and network effectiveness were studied. Findings indicated that particularly flexibility in networks was important and that cognition-based trust played a central role in obtaining effective networks.

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  • Annick Willem & Steffie Lucidarme, 2014. "Pitfalls and Challenges for Trust and Effectiveness in Collaborative Networks," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(5), pages 733-760, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmgr:v:16:y:2014:i:5:p:733-760
    DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2012.744426
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