The interrelated, multilevel and interdependent nature of the policy environment, the
characteristics of many societal problems and the spread of new types of governance have …

Collaborative working is an established feature of the public, business and third sector
environments, but its effectiveness can be hampered by complex structural and personal …

Inter‐organizational frameworks of intervention dominate the resolution of complex societal
problems facing the UK and many other countries. Strategic alliances, joint working …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore, in some depth, the role and nature of
boundary spanners–a dedicated cadre of people who operate within collaborative arenas; …

The emergence of governance as a key concept in the public domain is relatively recent,
although the concerns which it embraces are age-old. This article traces the evolution of the …

Boundary spanning behavior is important for both public, non-profit and private
organizations to 'survive': to stay relevant in relation to the environment, to innovate, to …

Networks have been described in terms of metaphors, governance arrangements and
structural or institutional arrangements. These different perspectives of networks come out of …

This article explores accountability as a socially constructed and contested concept. The
increasing significance of network governance, in which responsibility for policy making and …

The authors argue that we are in the age of the networked society. Lying between the
governance structures of markets and hierarchies, networks have emerged as an …

In this article, the authors examine the implementation of policy aimed to promote the role of
organizational networks and distributed leadership in the establishment and consolidation of …