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Managing resource transposition in the face of extreme events: Fieldwork at two public networks in Germany and the US
Author(s) -
Berthod Olivier,
GrotheHammer Michael,
Hagen Ryan,
Sydow Jörg
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/padm.12660
Subject(s) - transposition (logic) , context (archaeology) , resource (disambiguation) , face (sociological concept) , relevance (law) , business , knowledge management , set (abstract data type) , service (business) , public relations , political science , sociology , computer science , marketing , geography , social science , law , computer network , archaeology , artificial intelligence , programming language
As administrations increasingly rely on interorganizational networks to organize public service provision, this article inspects the role resourcing plays in the way managers working in networks cope in the face of extreme events. Using comparative analyses of fieldwork in the context of two emergency service networks in two major cities in Germany and the US, we introduce the concept of resource transposition. This concept holds the potential to explain why and how networks might perform well in situations that drain its central participants' resources. We highlight the relevance of four practices: resource (re)production; resource administration through integration; resource administration through centralization; resource support. We derive a set of propositions underlining the usefulness of the concept of resource transposition.