Are Networks Flat or Vertical?: Developing a Multi-Level Multi-Dimension Network Model

Seejeen Park () and Seunghoo Lim ()
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Seejeen Park: Kwangwoon University
Seunghoo Lim: International University of Japan

Public Organization Review, 2018, vol. 18, issue 2, No 6, 223-243

Abstract: Abstract Extant public administration network literature tend to conceptualize and measure relationships in networks based on the premise that the nodes and ties in networks lie on a single-level horizontal structure. The purpose of the current study is to suggest that networks are inevitably multi-level and multi-dimension structures and propose a multi-level multi-dimension network model (MLMD). More specifically, network relationships such as within-level, inter-level, and inter-sector are offered to depict the multi-layered and multi-sectoral nature of the network relationships among the government and non-government actors. For empirical analysis, the current study constructs a hypothetical network to describe MLMD.

Keywords: Network structure; Network model; Multi-level network (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/s11115-017-0377-3

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