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Humanitarian Interorganizational Information Exchange Network: How Do Clique Structures Impact Network Effectiveness?
Humanitarian Interorganizational Information Exchange Network: How Do Clique Structures Impact Network Effectiveness?
(2013)
Abstract
Humanitarian information coordination and sharing continue to challenge the international community. Interorganizational networks are believed to be a way to improve coordination and collaboration among humanitarian organizations. Although researchers have devoted a considerable amount of time exploring the influence of network structure on network performance and effectiveness, little work has been done in the humanitarian relief field. We use the theoretical lens of social network to investigate the relationship between network cliques and network effectiveness. Data were collected through multiple sources among members of GlobalSympoNet, a community of humanitarian organizations engaged in humanitarian information management and exchange. Our findings suggest that, similar to the public health service delivery sector, network effectiveness can be explained by network integration and network cliques in the humanitarian relief field. We discuss these findings and provide some implications of our research in designing interorganizational networks within the humanitarian relief field.
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Publication Date
August, 2013
Citation Information
Louis Ngamassi, Andrea H. Tapia and Carleen Maitland. "Humanitarian Interorganizational Information Exchange Network: How Do Clique Structures Impact Network Effectiveness?" Humanitarian Interorganizational Information Exchange Network: How Do Clique Structures Impact Network Effectiveness? (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/louis-ngamassi/7/
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