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Dimensions of interorganizational interaction in social service agencies
Author(s) -
Tornatzky Louis G.,
Lounsbury John W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(197907)7:3<198::aid-jcop2290070303>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - knowledge management , service (business) , sample (material) , business , task (project management) , similarity (geometry) , public relations , order (exchange) , process (computing) , social relation , psychology , organizational structure , domain (mathematical analysis) , social psychology , management , political science , marketing , computer science , mathematical analysis , chemistry , mathematics , finance , chromatography , artificial intelligence , economics , image (mathematics) , operating system
The problem of interorganizational interaction was reviewed in terms of organizational structure and process, organizational size, and domain consensus between organizations. In order to determine the relationship between these factors and interorganizational interaction, interview data were gathered from personnel in a sample of 27 social service agencies. Cluster analysis results indicated a strong relationship between relationships of goal/task similarity and the degrees of interorganizational interaction reported by staff of these service agencies. There were negligible relationships between interorganizational relations, organization size, and internal organizational structures and processes, respectively. Conceptual and practical implications were discussed.