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Exploring Sustained Collaborations: Activities and Behaviors That Make a Difference

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2010, Doctor of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
More and more, non profit health and human service organizations are turning to collaboration to address community problems. Challenging economic times are reducing and restricting funding requiring non profits to look for new creative solutions in contrast to restricting themselves to business as usual. Building sustained collaborations provides one solution while reducing overhead costs, eliminating service duplication, and building effective networks. This paper integrates three research studies: a conceptual study; a qualitative study; and a quantitative study. Each study examines elements that can sustain collaboration. The qualitative data suggests that enduring collaborations are characterized, on the one hand, by employee behaviors typically considered aberrant – including rule breaking and rule making – and on the other, “appreciative” participant behaviors. Findings imply non profit governance and leadership can purposefully foster environments in which collaboration ownership can be reproduced. The quantitative study examines the relationship between the sense of ownership felt by non profit partners and their intent to sustain collaboration. We posit that rule breaking, rule making, and appreciative behaviors all encourage participants to develop a sense of ownership leading to collaborative sustainability. Our findings indicate that rule breaking and rule making behaviors reinforce a sense of collaboration ownership, which contributes to collaboration sustainability.
Paul Salipante, Ph.D. (Advisor)

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  • Brennan, N. (2010). Exploring Sustained Collaborations: Activities and Behaviors That Make a Difference [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568731826882641

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Brennan, Nonie. Exploring Sustained Collaborations: Activities and Behaviors That Make a Difference. 2010. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568731826882641.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Brennan, Nonie. "Exploring Sustained Collaborations: Activities and Behaviors That Make a Difference." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568731826882641

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)