TABLE 2—
Empirical Findings From Review of Public Affairs Research on Collaboration and Networks
| Lessons Learned | All Articles, No. (%) | American Review of Public Administration, No. (%) | Administration and Society, No. (%) | Journal of Public Policy Analysis and Management, No. (%) | Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, No. (%) | Public Administration Review, No. (%) |
| Accountability | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Alternative to influence policy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Capacity | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Collective decision-making/problem solving | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Constructing measurement | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Defining collaboration | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Identification of stakeholders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Incentives | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Management strategies | 54 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 25 | 12 |
| Motivation | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Outcomes of collaboration | 48 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 | 12 |
| Process of collaboration | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Public–private partnership | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Setting a research agenda | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Social determinants | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Structure | 64 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 23 |
| Trust | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 258 (100) | 16 (6) | 41 (16) | 19 (7) | 97 (38) | 85 (33) |
Note. All articles were published in 2000 to 2009. Some articles provided > 1 empirical finding.