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DOI	10.1038/s41893-018-0045-9
	Innovation diffusion within large environmental NGOs through informal network agents
	Masuda Y.J.; Liu Y.; Reddy S.M.W.; Frank K.A.; Burford K.; Fisher J.R.B.; Montambault J.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	190
结束页码	197
卷号	1 期号:4
英文摘要	The Sustainable Development Goals present opportunities for environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) to address new challenges. Such innovation requires dynamism and adaptability that large ENGOs may lack, and flatter organizational structures common to large ENGOs may limit the efficacy of top-down diffusion of innovative ideas or approaches. Instead, diffusion may occur through informal networks. We conducted a network experiment to estimate the role of informal boundary spanners - individuals who cross internal organizational boundaries (for example, departmental or geographic) via their informal social networks - for diffusing innovations in a large ENGO. We find they are four times more likely to diffuse innovations than non-boundary spanners, although organizational positions (for example, formal organizational hierarchy) can moderate this behaviour. We also find evidence they play a role in changing attitudes in favour of the innovation. These findings highlight how informal boundary spanners can drive organization-wide diffusion of innovations in ENGOs to strengthen capacity to address pressing sustainability challenges. © 2018 The Author(s).
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Diffusion; Boundary spanners; Environmental non-governmental organizations; Informal social networks; Innovation diffusion; Innovative ideas; Organizational boundaries; Organizational structures; Top-down diffusion; Sustainable development
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163342
作者单位	Global Science, Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, United States; Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States; Chief Strategy Office, Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, United States; Conservation Systems and Services, Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, United States; Center for Sustainability Science, Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA, United States; Science for Nature and People Partnership, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Masuda Y.J.,Liu Y.,Reddy S.M.W.,et al. Innovation diffusion within large environmental NGOs through informal network agents[J],2018,1(4).
APA	Masuda Y.J..,Liu Y..,Reddy S.M.W..,Frank K.A..,Burford K..,...&Montambault J..(2018).Innovation diffusion within large environmental NGOs through informal network agents.Nature Sustainability,1(4).
MLA	Masuda Y.J.,et al."Innovation diffusion within large environmental NGOs through informal network agents".Nature Sustainability 1.4(2018).