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Network analysis in co-productive research with a multi-sector community collaboration

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Multi-sector collaborations are challenging to establish and difficult to sustain; they require considerable commitment of time and resources from participants and supporting organizations that must work together across diverse perspectives and agendas and perceive their efforts as worthwhile. Methods of network analysis have been identified as offering potentially useful tools to assist those involved in multi-sector community collaborations; however, there is limited research examining community practitioners' perceptions of the relevance and usefulness of methods of network analysis to their work. This paper presents two methods of network analysis and visual representation of the data that were used in co-productive research with members of a multi-sector collaboration focussed on promotion of Aboriginal well-being in Alberta, Canada. Verbal and written feedback regarding the relevance and usefulness of these methods was sought from the members of the collaboration. Four themes emerged in analysis of their feedback: personal validation, strategic knowledge, organizational commitment, and public validation. The former two encompassed ways that network analysis may be internally relevant to members of multi-sector collaborations, while the latter two encompassed ways that network analysis may be externally relevant. Additional use of methods of network analysis with multi-sector collaborations and feedback from their members on its usefulness and relevance is encouraged.

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Community Development Journal

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Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications., 2015

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English

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Volume 50, Number 2

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organizational commitment
Network analysis
Strategic knowledge
Public validation

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