Lexington Books
Pages: 198
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-4985-7852-3 • Hardback • September 2019 • $90.00 • (£60.00)
978-1-4985-7853-0 • eBook • September 2019 • $85.50 • (£60.00)
Luisa M. Diaz-Kope is assistant professor of political science at the University of North Georgia.
John C. Morris is professor of public administration and public policy at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama
1Why Organizational Collaboration Matters
2Theories of Organizational Motivation
3The Setting: Lynnhaven River NOW
4Organizational Motivations in Watershed Cross-Sector Collaboration
5Implications for Practitioners and Researchers
In a time of increasingly scarce resources and unpredictable climate change, the management of a healthy watershed depends on the partnership between an array of public and private actors. Diaz-Kope and Morris explore these linkages and fill a critical need in the literature by offering insight into how and why sectoral differences influence motivation to collaborate in watershed management. The result is a substantial examination of watershed management collaboration that will undoubtedly be of interest to scholars, students, and those interested in the preservation of some of our nation’s most fragile resources.
— Martin Mayer, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Organizational Motivation for Collaboration: Theory and Evidence provides a nuanced understanding of the organizational motivations that drive collaboration in the case of the LynnHaven River, VA watershed. This in-depth study adds value to research and practice in the challenging policy area of non-point source water pollution. Its unique focus on the differences in perspective across public, private and nonprofit sector organizations distinguishes this approach from other work on watershed collaboration.
— Christine Reed, emeritus, University of Nebraska-Omaha