title: Members' perceptions of community care network partnerships' effectiveness.
abstract: Investment in voluntary partnerships raises important questions: Should we invest in collaboration in moving toward the goals of health system redesign? What makes collaborative groups effective? Given the voluntary nature of these partnerships, membership perceptions of their experiences and the partnership's effectiveness should be important predictors of success. This article provides a preliminary analyses of perceived effectiveness of participants' perceptions of their own partnership, particularly focusing on leadership, conflict management, decision-making dynamics, and the breadth and depth of partnership membership. Members' perceptions that the partnership membership was "sufficiently broad to accomplish objectives" had a negative and highly significant relationship to perceived effectiveness. Members' perceptions about leadership being ethical was positively related to perceived effectiveness while perceptions that the leadership was not effective a keeping the group focused was negatively related to perceived effectiveness.
authors.affiliation: Health Research and Educational Trust.
authors.forename: Romana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hasnain-Wynia
authors.forename: Shoshanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sofaer
authors.forename: Gloria J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Bazzoli
authors.forename: Jeffrey A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shortell
authors.forename: Douglas A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Conrad
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Ann P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Zukoski
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sweney
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships; D014481:United States