Leadership of networks and performance : a qualitative and quantitative analysis / Susanne Ruckdäschel ; with a foreword by Prof. Dr. Carola Jungwirth.

Foreword; Preface; Structure; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Motivation and Contribution; 1.2 Summary of the Central Research Questions; 1.3 Structure of the Study; 2 Definitions; 2.1 Network and Network Governance; 2.2 Leadership and Network Leadership; 3 Theoretical Framework: Network Performance and Network Leadership; 3.1 Network Performance; 3.2 Network Leadership; 3.2.1 Overview of the Development of Leadership Theories; 3.2.2 Leadership of Network Managers; 3.2.3 Leadership from the Perspective of and in Interaction with the Network Members.

3.3 Moderating Effects: Governance Structure, Culture, and Leader Proactivity3.3.1 Governance Structure; 3.3.2 Culture; 3.3.3 Leader Proactivity; 3.4 Summary of the Theoretical Framework and the Central Hypotheses; 4 Empirical Analyses; 4.1 From the Perspective of the Network Managers: Sequential Mixed Methods Survey of Network Managers; 4.1.1 Qualitative Survey of the Network Managers; 4.1.2 Quantitative Survey of the Network Managers; 4.2 From the Perspective of the Network Members: Quantitative Survey of the Network Members; 4.2.1 Data Collection; 4.2.2 Description of the Sample.

4.2.3 Measure Development4.2.4 Estimation Approach; 4.2.5 One-to-Many Matching of the two Datasets; 4.2.6 Measure Assessment and Confirmatory Factor Analyses; 4.2.7 Further Performance Measure Validation through Additional Data; 4.2.8 Results of the Structural Equation Modeling; 4.2.9 Further Interesting Results; 5 Summary of the Results; 6 Discussion; 6.1 Theoretical Implications; 6.2 Practical Implications; 6.3 Limitations and Future Research; 7 Conclusion; 8 Appendix; 9 References.