The Effect of Problem Severity, Managerial and Organizational Capacity, and Agency Structure on Intergovernmental Collaboration: Evidence from Local Emergency Management

Abstract

Like most public managers nowadays, local emergency managers operate within complex, uncertain environments. Rapid changes in the scope and severity of the issues increase the extent of intergovernmental collaboration necessary to address such challenges. Using a large data set of county emergency management agency directors, variations in intergovernmental collaboration refl ect infl uences from problem severity, managerial capacity, and structural factors. Th e results demonstrate that public managers who perceive problems as severe, possess specifi c managerial skills, lead high-capacity organizations, and operate in less complex agency structures collaborate more often and more eff ectively across governmental boundaries.

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