Communication in Collaborative Interorganizational Relationships

This book contributes to our understanding of§organizational communication in collaborative§interorganizational relationships (IORs) in the§nonprofit sector. Collaborative IORs demonstrate a§form of leadership that is distributed among the§partners to mediate between common and competing§interests. This enables collaborative IORs to foster§collective action, despite the absence§of formal authority structures. This book also§demonstrates the reciprocal processes of stakeholder§participation needed to sustain collective action in§collaborative IORs. Furthermore, the participation of§multiple stakeholders in collaborative IORs gives§rise to several communicative tensions that are§balanced through interactions among collaboration§members as they continually negotiate the social§infrastructure that constitutes collaborative IORs.§Overall, this research helps us better understand the§practices of communication and human interaction that§foster collaborative relationships among multiple§stakeholders, especially within organizational§partnerships in the nonprofit sector.