Sustaining collaboration
CORD Fellow Danbi Seo was inspired to understand what sustains passionate collaborators when the work is hard, messy, and under-resourced.
Seo's findings are now in print at the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, where they said:
This study introduces the concept of capacity tensions—the strain between collaboration needs and available resources—and examines how a nonprofit sustained its efforts despite these challenges. Based on five years of data, it identifies strategies of internal accommodation and external orientation, showing how collaborations can adapt and persist over time.
Read the article here.