As much of nonprofit management research on inter-organizational collaboration has focused on various macro and meso aspects of collaboration, little is known about micro aspects such as the attitudes of individuals involved in collaboration. To contribute to a more holistic and multidisciplinary understanding of collaboration, this study draws upon social psychological theories about attitude structure and attitudinal ambivalence to explore the variation in attitudes that nonprofit leaders have toward collaboration opportunities. Based on interviews with the leaders of 20 US-based transnational nonprofits in the field of child welfare, the study qualitatively identifies four major types of attitudes toward collaboration opportunities: Avid, Averse, Apprehensive, and Apathetic. The study then presents several propositions to facilitate a future research program for the integration of attitudes into collaboration research. Practical policy and managerial implications are also discussed.

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狂热、厌恶、忧虑还是冷漠？协作态度的类型学

由于许多关于组织间协作的非营利管理研究都集中在协作的各个宏观和中观方面，因此对微观方面（例如参与协作的个人的态度）知之甚少。为了有助于更全面和跨学科地理解协作，本研究利用有关态度结构和矛盾态度的社会心理学理论来探讨非营利组织领导者对协作机会的态度变化。该研究基于对 20 个美国跨国非营利组织在儿童福利领域的领导者的采访，定性地确定了对合作机会的四种主要态度：热衷、厌恶、忧虑和冷漠。然后，该研究提出了一些建议，以促进未来的研究计划，将态度纳入合作研究。还讨论了实际政策和管理影响。