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Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity

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Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity
Abstract/Description
School district central offices regularly engage with external partners in improvement efforts, but these partnerships are not always productive. Indeed, little is known about under what conditions partnerships are likely to lead to organizational learning outcomes. We conducted a longitudinal comparative case study of two departments in one urban school district central office, both working with the same external partner. Data included 131 interviews and 372 hours of observations as well as artifacts and social network data. While one department did not incorporate the partner’s ideas into policies and routines, the other demonstrated greater integration. We argue this difference is due to organizational conditions that foster absorptive capacity and to the nature of department–partner interactions.
Author/creator
Farrell, Caitlin C.
Coburn, Cynthia E.
Chong, Seenae
Date
2019
In publication
American Educational Research Journal
Volume
56
Issue
3
Pages
955-994
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Empirical
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
0002-8312
DOI
10.3102/0002831218808219
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)
Citation
Farrell, C. C., Coburn, C. E., & Chong, S. (2019). Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity. American Educational Research Journal, 56(3), 955–994. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218808219
Cited in
Coherent Instructional Systems at the School and School System Levels in the United States
Item sets
OB Citations - Coherent Instructional Systems at the School and School System Levels in the United States
Ob Citations - Research–Practice Partnerships in Education Within the United States

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