The struggles for (and of) network management: an ethnographic study of non-dominant policy actors in the English healthcare system

Waring, Justin; Crompton, Amanda`

Abstract

The coordinating skills of network management are well-documented, but there is little understanding of how network management roles are acquired and sustained. This article reports on a two-year ethnographic study that investigated the introduction of a regional healthcare network in England. It describes the strategies used by non-dominant actors to acquire and sustain network management roles in the face of opposition from more powerful actors. These strategies complement existing theory on network management and offer new theoretical understanding regarding the social position of network managers.

Citation

Waring, J., & Crompton, A. (2020). The struggles for (and of) network management: an ethnographic study of non-dominant policy actors in the English healthcare system. Public Management Review, 22(2), 297-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2019.1588360

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 8, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 3, 2019
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Feb 26, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 4, 2020
• Journal: Public Management Review
• Print ISSN: 1471-9037
• Electronic ISSN: 1471-9045
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 297-315
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2019.1588360
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1586692
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14719037.2019.1588360
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Public Management Review on 03.04.2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14719037.2019.1588360
• Contract Date: Feb 26, 2019