Members' perceptions of community care network partnerships' effectiveness.
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.
Hasnain-Wynia
Romana
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Health Research and Educational Trust.
Sofaer
Shoshanna
S
Bazzoli
Gloria J
GJ
Alexander
Jeffrey A
JA
Shortell
Stephen M
SM
Conrad
Douglas A
DA
Chan
Benjamin
B
Zukoski
Ann P
AP
Sweney
Jane
J
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