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Worlds Connected and Worlds Apart: Postures and Dependencies Influencing Government-Agency Relations

Hosea, Marilyn A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628518748704

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2011, Doctor of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
We adopted a mixed methods research approach to examine government-non-profit agency relations in highly regulated federally funded programs. A high profile U.S. government sponsored program with broad national scope and a vast network of funded grantees constituted an ideal context in which to empirically test power-dependence relationship theory through the myriad voices of multiple actors. In the first phase, semi-structured interviews of nonprofit executives and former Federal administrators provided insight into how and to what end government resource dependency affects innovative practices. In the second phase, 265 Head Start directors were surveyed to reveal perceptions of compliance, innovation, resource interdependence and program evaluative outcomes. Lastly, a subsample of the original qualitative research respondents were re-interviewed to help provide meaning and insights into both qualitative and quantitative findings. We suggest alternative theoretical perspectives that may facilitate further investigations of government-agency relations.
Kalle Lyytinen, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Paul Salipante, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Sheri J. Perelli, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Early Childhood Education; Management
Resource dependency theory; government-agency relations; organizational codependency; innovation; regulations; nonprofit management; stakeholder theory; Head Start

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  • Hosea, M. A. (2011). Worlds Connected and Worlds Apart: Postures and Dependencies Influencing Government-Agency Relations [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628518748704

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hosea, Marilyn. Worlds Connected and Worlds Apart: Postures and Dependencies Influencing Government-Agency Relations. 2011. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628518748704.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hosea, Marilyn. "Worlds Connected and Worlds Apart: Postures and Dependencies Influencing Government-Agency Relations." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628518748704

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