01794pab a2200193 454500 180718b2012 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Henry, Adam Douglas Survey based measurement of public management and policy networks 2012 p.432-452. Spring Networks have become a central concept in the policy and public management literature; however, theoretical development is hindered by a lack of attention to the empirical properties of network measurement methods. This paper compares three survey-based methods for measuring organizational networks: the roster, the free-recall name generator, and a hybrid name generator that combines these two classic approaches. Results indicate that the roster and free-recall name generator methods both suffer from important limitations. The roster method tends to measure many linkages among a limited set of network actors, whereas the name generator tends to measure fewer linkages among a larger set of network actors. Using survey data on policy networks within California regional planning processes (N = 752), we find that the hybrid method strikes an effective balance between these techniques. The hybrid approach performs well in terms of identifying a large number of network actors and interconnections between them. Although no survey-based measurement technique is perfect, this study suggests that the hybrid name generator is an excellent alternative for the measurement of complex networks with large or shifting boundaries that encompass a diverse set of actors. - Reproduced. Public administration McCoy, Michael Lubell, Mark Journal of Policy Analysis and Management N 96882 96882 96882 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 31, Issue no: 2 AR97342 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR