Building Collaborative Capacity: An Innovative Strategy for Homeland Security Preparedness

Susan Page Hocevar; Gail Fann Thomas; Erik Jansen

doi:10.1016/S1572-0977(06)12010-5

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Building Collaborative Capacity: An Innovative Strategy for Homeland Security Preparedness

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Title:	Building Collaborative Capacity: An Innovative Strategy for Homeland Security Preparedness
Author(s):	Susan Page Hocevar, Gail Fann Thomas, Erik Jansen
Volume:	12 Editor(s): Michael M. Beyerlein, Susan T. Beyerlein, Frances A. Kennedy ISBN: 978-0-76231-331-0 eISBN: 978-1-84950-430-0
Citation:	Susan Page Hocevar, Gail Fann Thomas, Erik Jansen (2006), Building Collaborative Capacity: An Innovative Strategy for Homeland Security Preparedness, in Michael M. Beyerlein, Susan T. Beyerlein, Frances A. Kennedy (ed.) Innovation through Collaboration (Advances in Interdisciplinary Studies of Work Teams, Volume 12), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.255-274
DOI:	10.1016/S1572-0977(06)12010-5 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	Recent events such as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 against the United States and the national disaster of Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the acute need for interagency collaboration. Using a semi-inductive method, we conducted two studies with senior homeland security leaders to learn more about organizations’ collaborative capacity during the early planning stages. In study One, we used an interorganizational systems perspective to identify factors that create or deter effective collaboration. Study Two elicited vignettes from a second group of senior homeland security leaders to gain further insights into the ways in which their organizations are successfully building collaborative capacity.