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Collaborative Public Management

Assessing What We Know and How We Know It

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ID5784864
AuthorsMark A Mcguire (0000-0002-5513-8424, Indiana University Bloomington, corresponding author), Michael Mcguire (0009-0009-0980-2978)
Year2006
Volume66
Issues1
Pages33-43
Publication date2006-11-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Administration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00664.x
OpenAlexW2088641112
LanguageEN
Citations received269
References cited47

Collaborative public management research is flourishing. A great deal of attention is being paid to the process and impact of collaboration in the public sector, and the results are promising. This article reviews the literature on collaborative public management by synthesizing what we know from recent research and what we've known for quite some time. It addresses the prevalence of collaboration (both recently and historically), the components of emerging collaborative structures, the types of skills that are unique to collaborative management, and the effects of collaboration. Collaborative public management research offers a set of findings that contribute to an emerging knowledge base that supplements established public management theory

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Unique citing works269
Citations per year14,16
Citation span2007 - 2026 (20)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedYes
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