Searching for Answers : Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators

Binz-Scharf, Maria Christina; Lazer, David; Mergel, Ines

Searching for Answers : Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators

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Datum

2012

Autor:innen

Binz-Scharf, Maria Christina

Lazer, David

Mergel, Ines

Open Access-Veröffentlichung

Open Access Green

Sammlungen

Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft

Publikationstyp

Zeitschriftenartikel

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The American Review of Public Administration. 2012, 42(2), pp. 202-225. ISSN 0275-0740. eISSN 1552-3357. Available under: doi: 10.1177/0275074011398956

Zusammenfassung

How do public administrators find information about the problems they confront at work? In particular, how and when do they reach across organizational boundaries to find answers? There are substantial potential obstacles to such searches for answers, especially in a system of decentralized governance such as the U.S. government. In this article, we examine the alternative mechanisms within the public sector that compensate for this dispersion of expertise, focusing on knowledge sharing across public DNA forensics laboratories. In particular, we propose that the emergence of informal interpersonal networks plays an important role in providing access to necessary expertise within a highly decentralized system. Our findings point both to the need for further research on knowledge sharing networks within the public sector as well as practical implications around the value of investments into facilitating the creation and maintenance of networks of practice.

Fachgebiet (DDC)

320 Politik

Schlagwörter

cross-jurisdictional knowledge sharing, diffusion, innovation, network of practice, case study

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BINZ-SCHARF, Maria Christina, David LAZER, Ines MERGEL, 2012. Searching for Answers : Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators. In: The American Review of Public Administration. 2012, 42(2), pp. 202-225. ISSN 0275-0740. eISSN 1552-3357. Available under: doi: 10.1177/0275074011398956

BibTex

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  doi={10.1177/0275074011398956},
  title={Searching for Answers : Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators},
  number={2},
  volume={42},
  issn={0275-0740},
  journal={The American Review of Public Administration},
  pages={202--225},
  author={Binz-Scharf, Maria Christina and Lazer, David and Mergel, Ines}
}

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