Interagency communication:

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" Interagency communication: "
D. Ngidang J. Fett

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1113302
Doc. No	:	TLpq304049640
Main Entry	:	D. Ngidang
	:	J. Fett
Title & Author	:	Interagency communication:\ D. NgidangJ. Fett
College	:	The University of Wisconsin - Madison
Date	:	1993
student score	:	1993
Degree	:	Ph.D.
Page No	:	198
Abstract	:	This study investigates factors affecting interagency communication in an integrated rural development project (Kalaka-Saribas IADP) in Sarawak, East Malaysia. Twelve government agencies involved in the project were included. Each of the 12 agencies was combined with every other agency to form 66 organizational dyads. The three dependent variables were frequency, perceived importance and reciprocity of communications between agencies forming the dyads. Three groups of independent variables were investigated. These were: (1) government mandate for agency collaboration in the project; (2) forms of interdependence (joint programs, need for resource exchange, and need for information sharing); and (3) the basis of needs for coordination (resource scarcity, complementary goals and leadership influence). The most striking finding was the very low level of communication among agencies despite the fact that this was a usd84 million integrated development project. Half of the organizational dyads exchanged information five times or less during the previous year via letters, reports, phone calls and meetings. Meetings were the most used form of communication. The mean for perceived importance of communication with other agencies fell between "moderately important" and "very important." The high point on the five-point scale was "extremely important." Respondents' attitudes about the importance of communication were not backed up by the behavior of their organizations. All hypotheses, linking each of the independent variables were confirmed at p <.01. Correlations of the seven independent variables with frequency of communication were all above.75. The correlations with perceived importance of communication were all above.72. Correlations with reciprocity of communication ranged from.35 to.53. A step-wise regression showed that the need for resource exchange was the best predictor of frequency of communication, accounting for 78 percent of the variance. Mandate explained an additional 6 percent and joint programs 3 percent. Mandate explained 80 percent of the variance for perceived importance of communication. Resource exchange added 6 percent and complementary goals added 1 percent. For reciprocity, mandate accounted for 29 percent of the variance. No other variable made a significant contribution to explained variance. Caution needs to be taken in interpreting results of the regression analysis because of the high multicollinearity among independent variables.
Subject	:	Communication and the arts
	:	Mass media
	:	Public administration
	:	rural development
	:	Social sciences