CAREER: The Impact of Interorganizational Network Evolution on Outcomes for Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)

非政府组织、政府和企业越来越多地致力于建立网络，以解决饥饿、贫困、疾病和环境退化等问题。本研究结合社会网络分析方法与深入评估，以（a）产生一个非政府组织能力的可靠和有效的衡量标准，（B）测试一个非政府组织解决疾病和发展问题的能力取决于它与其他非政府组织，企业，这项研究的结果将包括对非政府组织研究的一项重要的新成果衡量标准。此外，本项目将确定与扩大非政府组织的服务范围、领导能力、人力资源能力、财政稳定性以及研究和宣传能力有关的合作类型。这对更好地管理非政府组织具有实际意义。

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), governments, and businesses increasingly aim to form networks to address issues such as hunger, poverty, disease, and environmental degradation. Interorganizational networks enable constituencies to transcend some limitations and work toward common goals.This research combines social network analysis methods with intensive assessment to (a) produce a reliable and valid measure of NGO capacity, and (b) test the common presumption that an NGO's capacity to address problems of disease and development is dependent on its local network of relationships with other NGOs, businesses, and government organizations.The results of this study will include an important new outcome measure for NGO research. In addition, this project will identify the types of collaboration associated with increasing an NGO's scope of services, leadership strength, human resource capacity, financial stability, and research and advocacy capacity. This should have practical implications for better management of NGOs in context.