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Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Collaboration
Abstract
The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science presents two special issues in which nine research-based articles and two overviews address various theoretical and empirical perspectives on the process of collaboration and the forms of collaborative alliances. In the first overview, the articles are mapped onto six theoretical perspectives according to how they address the preconditions, process, and outcomes of collaboration. In this overview, the research findings are analyzed in terms of the following overarching issues essential to a comprehensive theory of collaboration: (a) a definition of collaboration, (b) the auspices under which a collaboration is convened and the role of the convener, (c) implications of the collaboration for environmental complexity and participants' control over the environment, and (d) the relationship between individual participants' self-interest and the collective interests of all involved in the collaborative alliance. This theoretical analysis indicates several fruitful avenues for future research.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wood, D. J., & Gray, B.
- Venue
- The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1991-06
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 139-162
- ISSN
- 0021-8863 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6879
- OpenAlex
- W2025773831
- Cited by
- 1,281
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 3.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
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