Managerial networking - Issues of measurement and research design Academic Article

abstract

• The study of networks is a growth area in public management. This article argues that small studies of networks need to be supplemented with large n studies that permit one to include more theoretically relevant control variables and to deal with issues of causality. Using survey data from several hundred agency heads, this article presents a reliable measure of management network activities that has demonstrated substantial empirical import. If the right network nodes are selected, contact information on only a limited number of nodes is needed. Who initiates contacts within the network is also shown to be important.

authors

• Meier, Kenneth

published proceedings

• ADMINISTRATION & SOCIETY

author list (cited authors)

• Meier, K. J., & O'Toole, L. J.

citation count

• 74

complete list of authors

• Meier, KJ||O'Toole, LJ

publication date

• November 2005

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Administration and Society  Journal

keywords

• Management
• Measurement
• Networks
• Public Organizations

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0095399705277142

start page

• 523

end page

• 541

volume

• 37

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095399705277142