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View article: The role of values in the interorganizational network response to wicked problems
The role of values in the interorganizational network response to wicked problems Open
Values are seen as important in both interorganizational networks and wicked problems. However, in both academia and practice the exact implications of these values remain unclear. In this article we examine the role of values in interorga…
View article: How does Leadership Manage Network-Level Tensions in a Turbulent Environment? A Case Study on the Antwerp Fire Service Network Leadership during the COVID-19 Pandemic
How does Leadership Manage Network-Level Tensions in a Turbulent Environment? A Case Study on the Antwerp Fire Service Network Leadership during the COVID-19 Pandemic Open
A crucial topic is how network leadership recognizes and responds to network-level tensions. However, when we focus on how leadership manages these tensions, we favor a one-sided view by focusing predominantly on how leadership manages ten…
View article: Modes of network governance revisited: Assessing their prevalence, promises, and limitations in the literature
Modes of network governance revisited: Assessing their prevalence, promises, and limitations in the literature Open
The systematic literature review takes stock of the empirical literature on the governance of organizational networks. The analysis is based on empirical papers citing Provan and Kenis (2008) as the seminal article on the governance of net…
View article: Beyond acquiescence and compromise: Organizational strategies in pluralizing institutional environments
Beyond acquiescence and compromise: Organizational strategies in pluralizing institutional environments Open
We set out to investigate how organizations respond to the variety of requirements as experienced in their pluralizing institutional environments. We found that, in addition to acquiescence and compromise, Dutch vocational education and tr…
View article: Values Underpinning Integrated, People-Centred Health Services: Similarities and Differences among Actor Groups Across Europe
Values Underpinning Integrated, People-Centred Health Services: Similarities and Differences among Actor Groups Across Europe Open
The study found that all 18 values in the set are considered important by the respondents. Additionally, it revealed distinctions in emphasis among the values prioritised by actor groups and across sub-regions. The study uncovered two clus…
View article: Network governance theory as basic pattern for promoting financial support system of the poor in Iranian health system
Network governance theory as basic pattern for promoting financial support system of the poor in Iranian health system Open
Background The share of out-of-pocket payments in Iranian families has the greatest burden on the poor and lead to an impoverishment caused by catastrophic health expenditures. In order to improve access of the poor to public resources, it…
View article: Network Governance Theory as Basic Pattern for Promoting Financial Support System of the Poor in Iranian Health System
Network Governance Theory as Basic Pattern for Promoting Financial Support System of the Poor in Iranian Health System Open
Background: The share of out-of-pocket payments in Iranian families have the greatest burden on the poor and lead to impoverishment caused by catastrophic health expenditures. It increased pressure on households’ budget, delayed treatment,…
View article: Drug Demand Reduction in Central European Countries: Analysing the Institutional and Organizational Responses
Drug Demand Reduction in Central European Countries: Analysing the Institutional and Organizational Responses Open
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book addresses the question whether there is a relationship between the problem load with regard to illicit drugs and the dru…
View article: Network of Networks: Preliminary Lessons from the Antwerp Port Authority on Crisis Management and Network Governance to Deal with the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 Pandemic
Network of Networks: Preliminary Lessons from the Antwerp Port Authority on Crisis Management and Network Governance to Deal with the <span>COVID</span>‐19 Pandemic Open
In this article, the authors describe and illustrate what they call a “network of networks” perspective and map the development of a lead network for the Antwerp Port Authority that governed organizations and networks in the port community…
View article: Diversiteit en inclusie in verschillende typen kindercentra
Diversiteit en inclusie in verschillende typen kindercentra Open
Diversity and Inclusion in different types of childcare organizations as experienced by managers and their employees Childcare centers are organizations that differ in structural and cultural characteristics. The present comparative case s…
View article: Back to the Future: Using Organization Design Theory for Effective Organizational Networks
Back to the Future: Using Organization Design Theory for Effective Organizational Networks Open
In this article, we explore how classical organization theory can contribute to better comprehend the phenomenon “organizational networks.” We will demonstrate that this juxtaposition can produce new and interesting insights. First, we arg…
View article: Ex Ante Knowledge for Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Introducing the Organizational Network Governance Approach
Ex Ante Knowledge for Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Introducing the Organizational Network Governance Approach Open
In our paper we investigate to what extent ex ante knowledge about a response network can be made available in order to deal with a crisis such as an infectious disease outbreak. Outbreaks are almost by definition characterized by a lack o…
View article: Appropriate Governance Responses to Infectious Disease Threats: Developing Working Hypotheses
Appropriate Governance Responses to Infectious Disease Threats: Developing Working Hypotheses Open
Infectious diseases remain a threat to public health in today's interconnected world. There is an ongoing debate on how responses to threats of infectious diseases can best be coordinated, and the field remains nascent in understanding whi…
View article: Collaborative emergency preparedness and response to cross-institutional outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms: a scenario-based approach in two regions of the Netherlands
Collaborative emergency preparedness and response to cross-institutional outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms: a scenario-based approach in two regions of the Netherlands Open
Expected collaborative structures during an imaginary regional MDRO outbreak response are relatively dense and integrated. In regard to the coordination of an MDRO outbreak response, based on both the network analysis results and the prefe…
View article: Networks in Drug Demand Reduction Policy and Practice
Networks in Drug Demand Reduction Policy and Practice Open
The national organizational field of drug demand reduction in the Czech Republic can be characterized as a small, newly developed field with a mixture of non-governmental, inclusive and exclusive organizations in charge. Although there is …
View article: Solitary, merge or collaborate. Determinants of collaboration of elderly care organizations: a case survey approach
Solitary, merge or collaborate. Determinants of collaboration of elderly care organizations: a case survey approach Open
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020…
View article: Gevolgen van marktdifferentiatie voor diversiteit, inclusie en kansengelijkheid in kindercentra, een vergelijkende casestudy
Gevolgen van marktdifferentiatie voor diversiteit, inclusie en kansengelijkheid in kindercentra, een vergelijkende casestudy Open
Is it possible to distinguish different organizational designs of childcare centers? If so, do different organizational designs differ in diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy? This study explores in a qualitative case study amongst thirt…
View article: Managing AIDS: Organizational Responses in Seven European Countries
Managing AIDS: Organizational Responses in Seven European Countries Open
This work describes programmes which seem to be particularly effective in dealing with HIV/AIDS. Explanations of the disparities in their distribution are given. The book also documents the similarities and differences in approach in the w…
View article: Organizing Care Integration. A Social Systems Based Approach
Organizing Care Integration. A Social Systems Based Approach Open
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020…
View article: The Governance, Structure and Management Processes of an Emergent Goal-directed Organizational Network: an Evaluation of a Configurational Framework of Goal-directed Networks
The Governance, Structure and Management Processes of an Emergent Goal-directed Organizational Network: an Evaluation of a Configurational Framework of Goal-directed Networks Open
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020…
View article: Taking Stock of Policy Networks: Do They Matter?
Taking Stock of Policy Networks: Do They Matter? Open
Almost two decades of research in public policy using the concept of policy network has resulted in considerable output.1 A great number of articles on policy networks can be found in major journals in political science and public administ…
View article: Passed the Age of Puberty: Organizational Networks as a Way to Get Things Done in the Health Field Comment on "Evaluating Global Health Partnerships: A Case Study of a Gavi HPV Vaccine Application Process in Uganda"
Passed the Age of Puberty: Organizational Networks as a Way to Get Things Done in the Health Field Comment on "Evaluating Global Health Partnerships: A Case Study of a Gavi HPV Vaccine Application Process in Uganda" Open
In this commentary I will demonstrate that the case study of Uganda's Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine application partnership provides an excellent example of widening our lens by evaluating the successful HPV vaccine coverage from a n…
View article: How prepared are we? : The organizational network responses in two infectious disease outbreak scenarios in the Netherlands
How prepared are we? : The organizational network responses in two infectious disease outbreak scenarios in the Netherlands Open
The paper will report results of a research project on the organizational network response to prevent or contain an outbreak of an infectious disease in the Netherlands. The paper is one of the first to present an attempt to conduct an ex …