Trust and influence in the Gulf of Mexico's fishery public management network

Lima, A; Kim, D; Song, AM; Hickey, GM; Temby, O

Trust and influence in the Gulf of Mexico's fishery public management network

Lima, A Kim, D Song, AM

Hickey, GM Temby, O

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Citation:: Sustainability (Switzerland), 2019, 11 (21)
Issue Date:: 2019-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lima, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kim, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Song, AM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9187-5309	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hickey, GM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Temby, O	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Sustainability (Switzerland), 2019, 11 (21)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/137682
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 by the authors. Sustainable fishery management is a complex multi-sectoral challenge requiring substantial interagency coordination, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. While scholars of public management network theory and natural resource management have identified trust as one of the key ideational network properties that facilitates such interaction, relatively few studies have operationalized and measured the multiple dimensions of trust and their influence on collaboration. This article presents the results of an exploratory study examining the Gulf of Mexico fishery management network comprised of more than 30 stakeholder organizations. Using an empirically validated survey instrument, the distribution of four types of trust, three gradations of influence, and the degree of formality and informality in actor communications were assessed across the fishery public management network. The analysis reveals generally low levels of interorganizational procedural trust and a high degree of network fragmentation along the international border. Civil servants based at U.S. organizations reported nearly no interactions with Mexican agencies, and vice versa. Rational (calculative) trust was the most important in bringing about reported change in other organizations, while dispositional distrust and affnitive (relational) trust also had significant effects. The results suggest that, although transactional interorganizational relationships prevail in Gulf of Mexico fishery governance, well-developed professional relationships contribute meaningfully to the reported success of public fishery network management and warrants further policy attention in order to help ensure sustainability.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainability (Switzerland)	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/su11216090	en_US
dc.title	Trust and influence in the Gulf of Mexico's fishery public management network	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	21	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	11	en_US
utslib.for	1605 Policy and Administration	en_US
utslib.for	12 Built Environment and Design	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Social and Political Sciences Program
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	21	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	11	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019 by the authors. Sustainable fishery management is a complex multi-sectoral challenge requiring substantial interagency coordination, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. While scholars of public management network theory and natural resource management have identified trust as one of the key ideational network properties that facilitates such interaction, relatively few studies have operationalized and measured the multiple dimensions of trust and their influence on collaboration. This article presents the results of an exploratory study examining the Gulf of Mexico fishery management network comprised of more than 30 stakeholder organizations. Using an empirically validated survey instrument, the distribution of four types of trust, three gradations of influence, and the degree of formality and informality in actor communications were assessed across the fishery public management network. The analysis reveals generally low levels of interorganizational procedural trust and a high degree of network fragmentation along the international border. Civil servants based at U.S. organizations reported nearly no interactions with Mexican agencies, and vice versa. Rational (calculative) trust was the most important in bringing about reported change in other organizations, while dispositional distrust and affnitive (relational) trust also had significant effects. The results suggest that, although transactional interorganizational relationships prevail in Gulf of Mexico fishery governance, well-developed professional relationships contribute meaningfully to the reported success of public fishery network management and warrants further policy attention in order to help ensure sustainability.

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