The State of Network Research in Public Administration

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Title

The State of Network Research in Public Administration

Abstract/Description

The wide use of networks warrants a closer examination of network research in public administration. This article focuses on the methodological issues of network research and examines how social network analysis has been used and can be used to advance network research in public administration. Through a content analysis of 81 network articles, we found that the topics examined through network analysis have become more diverse in recent years. Yet relatively few articles have examined the intersection of policy networks, governance networks, and collaborative networks. The field needs more mixed-methods research designs and more research on the substructures of networks and multilevel networks.

Author/creator

Kapucu, Naim

Hu, Qian

Khosa, Sana

Date

2017

In publication

Administration & Society

Volume

49

Issue

8

Pages

1087-1120

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Methodological

en Empirical

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en Yes

ISSN

0095-3997

DOI

10.1177/0095399714555752

URL

Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE Journals)

Full-text PDF Shared by Author (ResearchGate)

Citation

Kapucu, N., Hu, Q., & Khosa, S. (2017). The State of Network Research in Public Administration. Administration & Society, 49(8), 1087–1120. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399714555752

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