Interorganizational Relations among Development Organizations: Empirical Assessment and Implications for Interorganizational Coordination: Card Report 62, 1983

(1983) Interorganizational Relations among Development Organizations: Empirical Assessment and Implications for Interorganizational Coordination: Card Report 62, 1983. Iowa State University

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Abstract

This report examines cooperative interaction among development organizations in 16 Iowa counties. Several sets of organization relations. Organizations that were well-established, prestigious and perceived as being effective tended to report the most intensive interaction with other units. The presence of formalized rules and procedures was associated with more and procedures was associated with more intensive levels of IOR. Organizations with less autonomy in funding and programing reported higher levels of interaction then did the more autonomous groups. Innovative organization with broad service responsibilities also reported more intensive interaction.