Organizational Motivation for Collaboration

In a time of increasingly scarce resources and unpredictable climate change, the management of a healthy watershed depends on the partnership between an array of public and private actors. Diaz-Kope and Morris explore these linkages and fill a critical need in the literature by offering insight into how and why sectoral differences influence motivation to collaborate in watershed management. The result is a substantial examination of watershed management collaboration that will undoubtedly be of interest to scholars, students, and those interested in the preservation of some of our nation’s most fragile resources. -- Martin Mayer, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Organizational Motivation for Collaboration: Theory and Evidence provides a nuanced understanding of the organizational motivations that drive collaboration in the case of the LynnHaven River, VA watershed. This in-depth study adds value to research and practice in the challenging policy area of non-point source water pollution. Its unique focus on the differences in perspective across public, private and nonprofit sector organizations distinguishes this approach from other work on watershed collaboration. -- Christine Reed, emeritus, University of Nebraska-Omaha