The State of Network Research in Public Administration

Item

Title: The State of Network Research in Public Administration
Abstract/Description: The wide use of networks warrants a closer examination of network research in public administration. This article focuses on the methodological issues of network research and examines how social network analysis has been used and can be used to advance network research in public administration. Through a content analysis of 81 network articles, we found that the topics examined through network analysis have become more diverse in recent years. Yet relatively few articles have examined the intersection of policy networks, governance networks, and collaborative networks. The field needs more mixed-methods research designs and more research on the substructures of networks and multilevel networks.
Author/creator: Kapucu, Naim; Hu, Qian; Khosa, Sana
Date: 2017
In publication: Administration & Society
Volume: 49
Issue: 8
Pages: 1087-1120
Resource type: en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form: en Published Text
Scholarship genre: en Methodological; en Empirical
Language: en
Open access/full-text available: en Yes
Peer reviewed: en Yes
ISSN: 0095-3997
DOI: 10.1177/0095399714555752
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals); Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)
Citation: Kapucu, N., Hu, Q., & Khosa, S. (2017). The State of Network Research in Public Administration. Administration & Society, 49(8), 1087–1120. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399714555752

Item sets: OB Citations - Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Evaluating Improvement Networks

Annotations

There are no annotations for this resource.