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Publicness in Networks

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posted on 2023-05-01, 00:00 authored by Saman Shafiq
The scholarly work on publicness in organizations has helped us understand how and why public and private organizations differ and has substantially increased our understanding of an organization’s behavior (such as its decision-making and performance). Network scholars, who study multi-organizational arrangements, have yet to examine the meaning and implications of understanding networks through the lens of publicness. This dissertation fills this gap in network literature and offers a network publicness framework based on the work done by organizational scholars. Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis, the dissertation shows that different levels of publicness causally explain whether a network aims for and achieves effectiveness and/or efficiency. The results also confirm that more public networks are more formal (have more embedded accountability measures) than less public networks. A post-QCA deviant case analysis shows several new variables that could define publicness in a network, and the results are used to refine the initially proposed framework.

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Advisor

Siciliano, Michael D

Chair

Siciliano, Michael D

Department

Public Administration

Degree Grantor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Degree Level

  • Doctoral

Degree name

PhD, Doctor of Philosophy

Committee Member

Carr, Jered LeRoux, Kelly Fusi, Federica Wang, Weijie

Submitted date

May 2023

Thesis type

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Language

  • en

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