This paper examines the literature on paradoxes and tensions in interorganizational
relationships (IORs) and identifies how such tensions are managed in interorganizational …

In this new edition of his popular textbook, Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management,
Policy, Helmut K. Anheier has fully updated, revised and expanded his comprehensive …

Collaboration is often touted as the ideal interorganizational relationship (IOR) to tackle
many challenging social problems; however, collaboration is just one of many types of IORs …

Relatively little empirical and theoretical research in public management explores the roles
of professional associations in collaborative governance and inter-governmental …

This paper postulates that the power distribution within a government–nonprofit partnership
(GNP) shapes individual charitable decisions (eg, giving or volunteering) by influencing the …

Building successful intersectoral partnerships to address health is critical to reaching health
promotion goals. With the confluence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase in violence …

The following article introduces complexity theory as an alternative for conceptualizing the
dynamics of change in nonprofit health and human service organizations. We begin by …

Public health and criminology share similar current and future challenges, mostly related to
crime and health causation, prevention, and sustainable development. Interdisciplinary and …

The literature suggests that collaborative governance is a promising framework for
addressing complex public problems while some cases have also marked failure in its …

Over the past two decades, attention has focused on the increasing professionalization of
the nonprofit sector. Hwang and Powell's article on professionalization and rationalization of …