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Article: What Makes Neighborhood Associations Effective in Urban Governance? Evidence from Neighborhood Council Boards in Los Angeles

TitleWhat Makes Neighborhood Associations Effective in Urban Governance? Evidence from Neighborhood Council Boards in Los Angeles
Authors
Keywordsurban governance
neighborhood council
board
organizational effectiveness
Los Angeles
Issue Date2019
PublisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=10
Citation
American Review of Public Administration, 2019, v. 49 n. 8, p. 931-943 How to Cite?
AbstractThis study examines the perceived effectiveness of neighborhood councils (NCs) in Los Angeles, a government-sanctioned and financed institutional innovation in urban governance. The study considers NC boards as a dynamic and open social system that interacts with NCs’ internal and external environment. We propose that three factors—internal capacity, external networking, and attention-action congruence—are related to perceived NC effectiveness. The findings from a questionnaire survey of 80 NCs show that NC leaders perceive their organizations to be moderately effective. While internal capacity contributes to all three dimensions of effectiveness, external networking enhances NCs’ effectiveness in solving community issues and advising about city policies. Attention-action congruence, which examines the correspondence between NC board members’ issue orientation and actual actions, is positively related to NCs’ effectiveness in advising about city policies. The study concludes with considerations for enhancing the effectiveness of neighborhood associations.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/277510
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.583
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dc.contributor.authorLi, H-
dc.contributor.authorWen, B-
dc.contributor.authorCooper, TL-
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-20T08:52:27Z-
dc.date.available2019-09-20T08:52:27Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationAmerican Review of Public Administration, 2019, v. 49 n. 8, p. 931-943-
dc.identifier.issn0275-0740-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/277510-
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the perceived effectiveness of neighborhood councils (NCs) in Los Angeles, a government-sanctioned and financed institutional innovation in urban governance. The study considers NC boards as a dynamic and open social system that interacts with NCs’ internal and external environment. We propose that three factors—internal capacity, external networking, and attention-action congruence—are related to perceived NC effectiveness. The findings from a questionnaire survey of 80 NCs show that NC leaders perceive their organizations to be moderately effective. While internal capacity contributes to all three dimensions of effectiveness, external networking enhances NCs’ effectiveness in solving community issues and advising about city policies. Attention-action congruence, which examines the correspondence between NC board members’ issue orientation and actual actions, is positively related to NCs’ effectiveness in advising about city policies. The study concludes with considerations for enhancing the effectiveness of neighborhood associations.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=10-
dc.relation.ispartofAmerican Review of Public Administration-
dc.rightsAmerican Review of Public Administration. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc.-
dc.subjecturban governance-
dc.subjectneighborhood council-
dc.subjectboard-
dc.subjectorganizational effectiveness-
dc.subjectLos Angeles-
dc.titleWhat Makes Neighborhood Associations Effective in Urban Governance? Evidence from Neighborhood Council Boards in Los Angeles-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailLi, H: lihuipa@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0275074019854160-
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dc.identifier.hkuros305943-
dc.identifier.volume49-
dc.identifier.issue8-
dc.identifier.spage931-
dc.identifier.epage943-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000483646500005-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
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