In this situation, actors do not seek partners with similar attributes, but bring others together for reasons of prestige or resources. The adoption of the transition strategy provides access to broader and heterogeneous resources (Lin, 2002). Accordingly, as actors of lower social status connect with those of higher status, this type of instrumental action would contribute to gains in more accessible social resources, such as authority or approval (Lin, 2002). . Note that as two separate groups are connected due to a common partner, the broker would have the ability to control the direction of resource flow and respond quickly to the demand of the environment (Andrew and Carr, 2013). With various sources of information from higher-level organizations, empirical data showed that the transition strategy would improve local governments' disaster resilience capabilities (Jung & Song, 2015). This implies that weak ties or structural holes are preferable partner types for actors who choose to seek opportunities for mutual gains between heterogeneous partners (Scholz et al., 2008); maximize the efficiency and novelty of resource exchange (Feiock et al., 2012) and increase their power to control resources and make