Mullinix, B.B. (2001). Nurturing partnership: A Southern African continuum of flexible stages in partnership development. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 3(2), 1-12.

This discussion focuses on discovering how a clearer understanding of the partnership development process can help to support and nurture Southern African partnerships. Specifically, it emphasizes the relationship between international and local NGOs, as well as the importance of partnership development as a tool for promoting meaningful development, education policy, and understanding on local, national and international levels. Partnership development is viewed as a powerful tool with great potential, and related strategies are proliferating among international, bilateral, and multilateral agencies.

Saltiel, I.M. (1998). Defining collaborative partnerships. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 79, 5-11.

This chapter provides a short literature review on collaborative learning partnership definitions. The author describes the essence of partnered learning in terms of a goal that may not have been achieved without the partnership, and the notion that partners select each other. Many related definitions and views are cited, such as Wildavsky (1986), who differentiates between cooperation and collaboration, Baldwin and Austin (1995), who discuss collaboration among fellow faculty members, and Kerka (1997), who defines collaboration in terms of individual and organizational levels.

Schulz, A.J., Israel, B.A. and Lantz, P. (2003). Instrument for evaluating dimensions of group dynamics within community-based participatory research partnerships. Evaluation and Program Planning, 26, 249-262.

Because of the paucity of instruments to evaluate partnerships, the authors developed an evaluation instrument to assess salient dimensions of group dynamics in community-based participatory research partnerships. The conceptual framework for this instrument is derived from literature reviews of effective groups, and coalition and partnership models. The evaluation instrument is applied and presented using three case studies that serve to provide insights into self-assessment and partnership development. Lessons learned, future challenges, and potential directions for evaluation tools are also discussed.