Increasingly, Western local governments are dealing with community-based initiatives (CBIs) of citizens providing public services. Municipalities possess critical resources CBIs generally lack, including subsidies, buildings, and exposure. There is still little knowledge on CBIs' factors for government support. Therefore, this study adopts an organizational perspective distinguishing among institutionalization (intraorganizational, e.g., organizational size and democratic legitimacy) and interaction (interorganizational, e.g., boundary spanning leadership [BSL]) factors for the support CBIs obtain from local government. Analyzing large N data (N = 2331) from CBIs in six countries by using structural equation modeling, we found that interaction factors are related to more government support, whereas institutionalization factors are less significant. More specifically, we found stronger relationships for BSL and linking social capital than for the factors related to the formalization and development of organizational infrastructure, including the much-discussed democratic legitimacy of CBIs, suggesting a limited interest of governments in this topic as a factor for support.

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制度化或互动：哪些组织因素有助于以社区为基础的举措获得政府支持？

越来越多的西方地方政府正在处理公民提供公共服务的社区倡议 (CBI)。市政当局拥有 CBI 通常缺乏的关键资源，包括补贴、建筑物和曝光度。关于 CBI 获得政府支持的因素仍然知之甚少。因此，本研究采用组织视角来区分制度化（组织内，例如组织规模和民主合法性）和互动（组织间，例如跨界领导[BSL]）因素，以了解CBI从地方政府获得的支持。分析大N数据 ( N = 2331) 来自六个国家的 CBIs 通过使用结构方程模型，我们发现交互因素与更多的政府支持有关，而制度化因素则不太显着。更具体地说，我们发现 BSL 和联系社会资本的关系比与组织基础设施的正规化和发展相关的因素（包括备受讨论的 CBI 的民主合法性）的关系更紧密，这表明政府对该主题的兴趣有限支持。