PMR — pp. 1-32 2026-07-31 Original The balancing act of public service spaces: understanding service ecosystems and advancing the public service logic
Hanna Jacqueline Hellgren, Erik Eriksson, Andreas Hellström
JPART — 2026-07-17
Original Striking multiple balances in cross-sector collaborations: how leaders navigate institutional complexity with interdependent leadership behaviors
Sandra Henninger, Rick Vogel
Abstract
Abstract In cross-sector collaborations, leaders must navigate the complex and often conflicting demands of the public, business, and nonprofit sectors. This study explores how leaders manage this institutional complexity through a multilevel framework, drawing on a case study of a tri-sector partnership developing technology for disaster management. Based on evidence from 27 interviews, observations, and documentary material, we identify the leadership repertoire and, as our core contribution, uncover four distinct types of interdependencies between these behaviors: enabling, substituting, stabilizing, and inhibiting. Our findings reveal that leadership in cross-sector collaborations goes beyond adopting a single style; rather, it requires a strategic orchestration of how different behaviors interact. We identify two overarching strategies (selective targeting and sequential switching) that leaders use to combine complementary behaviors while preventing them from undermining each other. By focusing on leaders’ microlevel agency in response to macrolevel sector differences, this study provides a clearer understanding of how interdependent leadership behaviors converge into what we theorize as institutional leadership in CSCs.
PMR — pp. 1-33 2026-05-09 Original Social impact bond- ing ? Evidence on interorganizational relationships in social impact bonds across the United Kingdom
Elaine De Gruyter, Michael Gibson, Eleanor Carter, Fernando Deodato Domingos, Franziska Rosenbach
PA — 2026-03-07
Original Who Is Accountable? How Citizens Attribute Success and Failure in Cross‐Sector Collaborations