What is it about?
This study considers the impact of two issues that can arise in networked community change efforts on information sharing network efficiency: an unsuccessful organizer and stakeholders who are not on the same page. We identified that when these issues occur together they present the most substantial threat to efficient information sharing and that stakeholders who are not on the same page pose a larger threat to efficiency than an unsuccessful organizer.
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Why is it important?
Many communities are employing networked approaches to community change work in order to address problems that are bigger than the scope of any one person or organization's work. Understanding the challenges these networks can face and how they impact efficiency for information sharing can inform the development of effective practices for these efforts.
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This page is a summary of: When community change theory meets practice: Exploring some of the challenges to information sharing networks for community change., Translational Issues in Psychological Science, April 2022, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/tps0000318.
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Resources
When community change theory meets practice: Exploring some of the challenges to information sharing networks for community change
This is the pre-print version of the article, available for free via PsyArXiv.
Networked Community Change: Understanding Community Systems Change through the Lens of Social Network Analysis
In this article, we completed an initial exploration of networks in community change efforts. The present paper builds on the groundwork established in this paper.
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