eprintid: 10187026 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/18/70/26 datestamp: 2024-02-13 16:02:37 lastmod: 2024-02-13 16:02:37 status_changed: 2024-02-13 16:02:37 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Sadri, Mohamad creators_name: Aristidou, Angela creators_name: Ravasi, Davide title: Cross‐Sector Partnership Research at Theoretical Interstices: Integrating and Advancing Theory across Phases ispublished: inpress divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F49 keywords: cross-sector collaborations, theoretical interstices, XSP formation, XSP management, XSP value creation note: Journal of Management Studies© 2024 The Authors. Journal of Management Studies published by Society for the Advancement of Management Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. abstract: Cross‐sector partnerships (XSPs) are embraced by policymakers and practitioners to address complex social and environmental challenges that no single sector can tackle alone. However, extant research on XSPs has primarily focused on isolated phases and singular theoretical perspectives. In our paper, we synthesize XSP research in the public policy and management fields to deliver a comprehensive and coherent understanding of XSPs’ different phases and theoretical perspectives – the XSP ‘theoretical topology’. We introduce two approaches for theoretical enrichment: informing and interacting. We emphasize the significance of ‘theoretical interstices’ as undominated spaces for new knowledge exploration. Through our integrative cross‐phase, cross‐theoretical approach, we address fundamental yet open questions on XSP effectiveness, value, and impact. Our work challenges existing understandings and opens new research possibilities; offers implications for practitioners; and informs current policy debates on mandating XSPs and on the role of ‘big data’ – powered algorithms in the XSP landscape. date: 2024-02 date_type: published publisher: Wiley official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joms.13046 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2244901 doi: 10.1111/joms.13046 lyricists_name: Aristidou, Angela lyricists_id: AARIS70 actors_name: Aristidou, Angela actors_id: AARIS70 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Management Studies issn: 0022-2380 citation: Sadri, Mohamad; Aristidou, Angela; Ravasi, Davide; (2024) Cross‐Sector Partnership Research at Theoretical Interstices: Integrating and Advancing Theory across Phases. Journal of Management Studies 10.1111/joms.13046 <https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13046>. (In press). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10187026/1/J%20Management%20Studies%20-%202024%20-%20Sadri%20-%20Cross%25E2%2580%2590Sector%20Partnership%20Research%20at%20Theoretical%20Interstices%20%20Integrating%20and.pdf