Donna Sedgwick
Biographic Data
| ID | 4385034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donna Sedgwick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donna |
| FAMILY NAME | Sedgwick |
| SIGNATURE | SEDGWICK D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2281-0111 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ten pieces of advice U.S. municipal planners should follow when evaluating prospective affordable housing partners
Existing research suggests that municipal planners in the United States are well positioned to help local governments advance affordable housing goals. Yet few studies offer members of the profession guidance they can follow to do this in context-specific situations. This practice review article recognizes the gap in the literature and seeks to fill it in part. It does so by presenting 10 pieces of advice U.S. municipal planners should follow whe…
Managing the threat of decoupling in the U.S. affordable housing industry
Decoupling, or the practice of communicating different organizational values and goals than those rigorously pursued, is a concept discussed in the organization theory literature. Organizations engage in it when their legitimacy hinges on obtaining the support of stakeholders with disparate interests, and they attempt to appease some stakeholders with words and others with actions. One problem with decoupling is that it can lead organizations to …
Ebb and flow of network participation: Flexibility, Stability, and Forms of Flux in a Purpose-Oriented Network
The flexibility/stability tension is a key challenge for purpose-oriented networks, especially salient with network participation. Because of the voluntary nature of networks, it is common for network participation to fluctuate, with participants entering, leaving, and returning over time for a variety of reasons. This fluctuation may challenge the stability that is key to network effectiveness. Yet, despite the salience of this tension, we know …
Covid-19 Compliance and Media Consumption: A Longitudinal Study of Finland and the US During the First Year of Covid-19
The article examines media consumption and compliance with health-protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-wave, longitudinal surveys were conducted in Finland and the United States in April 2020 and October 2020, with a total of 1,380 participants (N = 1,380). The variables analyzed included daily consumption of different media channels (broadcast, print, and social media), health-protective behavior, and COVID-19 self-efficacy. The…
Acquiesce, Compromise, or Avoid? Collaboration, Coordination, & Cooperation as Different Strategic Responses to Institutional Pressures
Collaboration is often touted as the ideal interorganizational relationship (IOR) to tackle many challenging social problems; however, collaboration is just one of many types of IORs that public managers can undertake. This article presents public managers’ decisions to cooperate, coordinate, or collaborate with program partners as strategic responses of avoiding, compromising, or acquiescing, respectively. We argue that perceptions of coercive, …
The Role of Collaboration in Complying With Covid-19 Health Protective Behaviors: A Cross-National Study
On March 11, 2020 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. As the virus spread, governments called on citizens to comply with handwashing and social distancing behaviors. We use survey data from Finland and the United States to examine whether collaborative dimensions help predict compliance with health protective behaviors related to combatting COVID-19. We also investigate whether these factors’ influence on compliance varies between a market regime s…
Community Foundations as Network Conveners: Structuring Collective Agency for Child Education and Development System Impact
The resource investment and flexibility necessary to support the development of collective agency among autonomous organizational actors can be substantial. Public agencies, with their rigid budget cycles and regulatory burdens, often struggle with providing the resources needed to forge this type of system building to address complex community issues. Community foundations, as anchor institutions in communities, exhibit financial and social powe…
Influencers and 21st Century Consumption
Over 16 million viewers tune in to listen to beauty influencer James Charles regularly. How did James Charles capture the attention of millions and turn his makeup hobby into a lucrative livelihood? In this article, the authors explore these questions and how influencers like Charles affect modern day consumerism through the lens of well-established sociological concepts such as conspicuous consumption, impression management, and reference groups
Institutionalizing partnerships: A mixed methods approach to identifying trends and perceptions of community policing and multi-agency task forces
Cooperation with citizens and community agencies is fundamental to successful community policing. Considerable scholarship has documented cooperation between police and residents; however, cooperation among police agencies at the local, state, and federal level is also important. We use a variety of methods to investigate if such multi-agency partnerships in the United States have become more common and, if so, why such cooperation occurs. In int…
Habitual Path Dependence of Interorganizational Relationships—A Response to Sydow
In “Path Dependence and the Roots of Interorganizational Relationship Challenges,” recently published by PPMG, we suggested the utility of path dependency theory in unpacking the developmental dynamics that may feed into contemporary problems of management and governance. Professor Jörg Sydow was moved to submit commentary on our article; we respond to his thoughtful comments in this essay
Path Dependence and the Roots of Interorganizational Relationship Challenges
Governance today often requires concerted action by multiple organizations operating within and across sectors. Although scholars fruitfully have assayed many factors that facilitate or constrain interorganizational collaboration, the extant literature largely ignores the ways in which historical patterns of policy and organizational development may figure in present-day obstacles to collaboration. This is unfortunate, for such obstacles may resu…
Building Collaboration: Examining the Relationship Between Collaborative Processes and Activities
Building Collaboration: Examining the Relationship between Collaborative Processes and Activities
This study investigates if the collaborative process differs among a group of public programs involved in varying levels of interorganizational activities. Thomson and Perry (2006) suggest five process dimensions underlie collaboration: governance, administration, norms of trust, mutuality, and organizational autonomy. While these dimensions are clearly unique, it is unclear if any of these dimensions are necessary or sufficient for varying degre…
Managing Collaborative Paradox: Examining Collaboration Between Head Start and the Virginia Preschool Initiative
This article examines collaboration between Head Start and the Virginia Preschool Initiative to see how collaborative challenges vary given the degree of collaborative activity between programs. Limited collaborative management research addresses how challenges can change with varying degrees of collaborative activity; this research addresses the gap. Collaborative challenges are discussed through a series of three paradoxes, with evidence of thr…
Building Collaboration: Examining the Relationship between Collaborative Processes and Activities
This study investigates if the collaborative process differs among a group of public programs involved in varying levels of interorganizational activities. Thomson and Perry (2006) suggest five process dimensions underlie collaboration: governance, administration, norms of trust, mutuality, and organizational autonomy. While these dimensions are clearly unique, it is unclear if any of these dimensions are necessary or sufficient for varying degre…
Community Foundations as Network Conveners: Structuring Collective Agency for Child Education and Development System Impact
The resource investment and flexibility necessary to support the development of collective agency among autonomous organizational actors can be substantial. Public agencies, with their rigid budget cycles and regulatory burdens, often struggle with providing the resources needed to forge this type of system building to address complex community issues. Community foundations, as anchor institutions in communities, exhibit financial and social powe…
Ebb and flow of network participation: Flexibility, Stability, and Forms of Flux in a Purpose-Oriented Network
The flexibility/stability tension is a key challenge for purpose-oriented networks, especially salient with network participation. Because of the voluntary nature of networks, it is common for network participation to fluctuate, with participants entering, leaving, and returning over time for a variety of reasons. This fluctuation may challenge the stability that is key to network effectiveness. Yet, despite the salience of this tension, we know …
Managing Collaborative Paradox: Examining Collaboration Between Head Start and the Virginia Preschool Initiative
This article examines collaboration between Head Start and the Virginia Preschool Initiative to see how collaborative challenges vary given the degree of collaborative activity between programs. Limited collaborative management research addresses how challenges can change with varying degrees of collaborative activity; this research addresses the gap. Collaborative challenges are discussed through a series of three paradoxes, with evidence of thr…
Managing the threat of decoupling in the U.S. affordable housing industry
Decoupling, or the practice of communicating different organizational values and goals than those rigorously pursued, is a concept discussed in the organization theory literature. Organizations engage in it when their legitimacy hinges on obtaining the support of stakeholders with disparate interests, and they attempt to appease some stakeholders with words and others with actions. One problem with decoupling is that it can lead organizations to …
The Role of Collaboration in Complying With Covid-19 Health Protective Behaviors: A Cross-National Study
On March 11, 2020 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. As the virus spread, governments called on citizens to comply with handwashing and social distancing behaviors. We use survey data from Finland and the United States to examine whether collaborative dimensions help predict compliance with health protective behaviors related to combatting COVID-19. We also investigate whether these factors’ influence on compliance varies between a market regime s…
Managing Collaborative Paradox: Examining Collaboration Between Head Start and the Virginia Preschool Initiative
This article examines collaboration between Head Start and the Virginia Preschool Initiative to see how collaborative challenges vary given the degree of collaborative activity between programs. Limited collaborative management research addresses how challenges can change with varying degrees of collaborative activity; this research addresses the gap. Collaborative challenges are discussed through a series of three paradoxes, with evidence of thr…
Building Collaboration: Examining the Relationship between Collaborative Processes and Activities
This study investigates if the collaborative process differs among a group of public programs involved in varying levels of interorganizational activities. Thomson and Perry (2006) suggest five process dimensions underlie collaboration: governance, administration, norms of trust, mutuality, and organizational autonomy. While these dimensions are clearly unique, it is unclear if any of these dimensions are necessary or sufficient for varying degre…
Building Collaboration: Examining the Relationship Between Collaborative Processes and Activities
Path Dependence and the Roots of Interorganizational Relationship Challenges
Governance today often requires concerted action by multiple organizations operating within and across sectors. Although scholars fruitfully have assayed many factors that facilitate or constrain interorganizational collaboration, the extant literature largely ignores the ways in which historical patterns of policy and organizational development may figure in present-day obstacles to collaboration. This is unfortunate, for such obstacles may resu…
Influencers and 21st Century Consumption
Over 16 million viewers tune in to listen to beauty influencer James Charles regularly. How did James Charles capture the attention of millions and turn his makeup hobby into a lucrative livelihood? In this article, the authors explore these questions and how influencers like Charles affect modern day consumerism through the lens of well-established sociological concepts such as conspicuous consumption, impression management, and reference groups
Institutionalizing partnerships: A mixed methods approach to identifying trends and perceptions of community policing and multi-agency task forces
Cooperation with citizens and community agencies is fundamental to successful community policing. Considerable scholarship has documented cooperation between police and residents; however, cooperation among police agencies at the local, state, and federal level is also important. We use a variety of methods to investigate if such multi-agency partnerships in the United States have become more common and, if so, why such cooperation occurs. In int…
Habitual Path Dependence of Interorganizational Relationships—A Response to Sydow
In “Path Dependence and the Roots of Interorganizational Relationship Challenges,” recently published by PPMG, we suggested the utility of path dependency theory in unpacking the developmental dynamics that may feed into contemporary problems of management and governance. Professor Jörg Sydow was moved to submit commentary on our article; we respond to his thoughtful comments in this essay
The Role of Collaboration in Complying With Covid-19 Health Protective Behaviors: A Cross-National Study
On March 11, 2020 COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. As the virus spread, governments called on citizens to comply with handwashing and social distancing behaviors. We use survey data from Finland and the United States to examine whether collaborative dimensions help predict compliance with health protective behaviors related to combatting COVID-19. We also investigate whether these factors’ influence on compliance varies between a market regime s…
Community Foundations as Network Conveners: Structuring Collective Agency for Child Education and Development System Impact
The resource investment and flexibility necessary to support the development of collective agency among autonomous organizational actors can be substantial. Public agencies, with their rigid budget cycles and regulatory burdens, often struggle with providing the resources needed to forge this type of system building to address complex community issues. Community foundations, as anchor institutions in communities, exhibit financial and social powe…
Covid-19 Compliance and Media Consumption: A Longitudinal Study of Finland and the US During the First Year of Covid-19
The article examines media consumption and compliance with health-protective measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-wave, longitudinal surveys were conducted in Finland and the United States in April 2020 and October 2020, with a total of 1,380 participants (N = 1,380). The variables analyzed included daily consumption of different media channels (broadcast, print, and social media), health-protective behavior, and COVID-19 self-efficacy. The…
Acquiesce, Compromise, or Avoid? Collaboration, Coordination, & Cooperation as Different Strategic Responses to Institutional Pressures
Collaboration is often touted as the ideal interorganizational relationship (IOR) to tackle many challenging social problems; however, collaboration is just one of many types of IORs that public managers can undertake. This article presents public managers’ decisions to cooperate, coordinate, or collaborate with program partners as strategic responses of avoiding, compromising, or acquiescing, respectively. We argue that perceptions of coercive, …
Ten pieces of advice U.S. municipal planners should follow when evaluating prospective affordable housing partners
Existing research suggests that municipal planners in the United States are well positioned to help local governments advance affordable housing goals. Yet few studies offer members of the profession guidance they can follow to do this in context-specific situations. This practice review article recognizes the gap in the literature and seeks to fill it in part. It does so by presenting 10 pieces of advice U.S. municipal planners should follow whe…
Managing the threat of decoupling in the U.S. affordable housing industry
Decoupling, or the practice of communicating different organizational values and goals than those rigorously pursued, is a concept discussed in the organization theory literature. Organizations engage in it when their legitimacy hinges on obtaining the support of stakeholders with disparate interests, and they attempt to appease some stakeholders with words and others with actions. One problem with decoupling is that it can lead organizations to …
Ebb and flow of network participation: Flexibility, Stability, and Forms of Flux in a Purpose-Oriented Network
The flexibility/stability tension is a key challenge for purpose-oriented networks, especially salient with network participation. Because of the voluntary nature of networks, it is common for network participation to fluctuate, with participants entering, leaving, and returning over time for a variety of reasons. This fluctuation may challenge the stability that is key to network effectiveness. Yet, despite the salience of this tension, we know …
Business (11 works) · Political science (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Public relations (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 works) · Knowledge management (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Social science (4 works)