Predicting Community Adoption of Collective Impact in the United States: A National Scan
Abstract
Collaborative governance research examines the role of individuals, organizations, and partnerships within a community to understand why particular interorganizational networks emerge. We take a different tact, arguing that communities adopt collaborative governance models based upon exposure to the models and the individual and organizational resources in a community. We conducted a web-based national-level scan of communities in the United States ( N = 1,162) for the presence of one model of collaborative governance, education-focused collective impact. We found that spatial proximity, poverty rate, and individual resources each predicted the existence of collective impact in a U.S. county. Implications for collaborative governance research are drawn from the results.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 15, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1177/0899764020964583
Entities
People
- Anne-Marie Boyer
- Katherine R. Cooper
- Michelle Shumate
- Rong Wang
- Shaun M. Dougherty
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- DePaul University
- Northwestern University
- University of Kentucky
- Vanderbilt University