Organizational Motivation for Collaboration

Luisa M. Diaz-Kope is assistant professor of political science at the University of North Georgia.John C. Morris is professor of public administration and public policy at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama

• 1Why Organizational Collaboration Matters2Theories of Organizational Motivation3The Setting: Lynnhaven River NOW4Organizational Motivations in Watershed Cross-Sector Collaboration5Implications for Practitioners and Researchers

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.