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Creating collaborations: from isolationism to community

Judith J. Slater (Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA)

International Journal of Educational Management

ISSN: 0951-354X

Article publication date: 1 April 2006

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Abstract

Purpose

The focus of this work is on the theories that explicate the possibilities of collaboration from the perspective of the participants.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is based on the literature and the author's own experiences and knowledge.

Findings

Finds that successful change is characterized by changes in people: in the way they think and act due to and within particular organizational structures and in the way they interact with the world outside those structures.

Originality/value

Gives advice on the steps that need to be taken to gain support with collaboration in organizations and to be able to identify resistance to it.

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Citation

Slater, J.J. (2006), "Creating collaborations: from isolationism to community", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 20 No. 3, pp. 215-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513540610654182

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2006, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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