Path Dependence and the Roots of Interorganizational Relationship Challenges
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15748726 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Donna Sedgwick (0000-0003-2281-0111, Virginia Tech, corresponding author), Laura S Jensen (Virginia Tech) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-62 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Perspectives on Public Management and Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2398-4910 • E-ISSN: 2398-4929 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ppmgov/gvaa016 |
| OpenAlex | W3083091143 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 54 |
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 result from path dependence and, thus, be particularly ingrained and resistant to change. In this article, we detail recent advances in path dependency theory, then illustrate our argument with a case study of path-dependent barriers to collaboration between two public programs pressed to work together after decades of deliberately separate operation. The case confirms the utility of new theoretical developments, yet also suggests necessary clarifications and refinements. Though aspects of path dependence theory should be reexamined, we argue that it is ripe for use by scholars of public management concerned with barriers to collaboration and other contemporary governance challenges
Action (physics · Argument (complex analysis · Corporate governance · Dependency (UML · Economic geography · Economics · Epistemology · Extant taxon · Management · Neoclassical economics · Path (computing · Path dependence · Path dependency · Path dependent · Political science · Positive economics · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |