Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
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Being “Business-Like” in a Nonprofit Organization: A Grounded and Inductive Typology
Tập 33 Số 2 - Trang 290-310 - 2004
Little research has systematically examined the concept of being business-like
in a non-profit organization setting despite the increased importance of this
concept in research, policy, and practitioner communities. Based on an in-depth
qualitative case study of a single, Canadian, nonprofit human services
organization, this article proposes that being business-like in a nonprofit
setting can be u...
Nonprofit Organizations Becoming Business-Like
Tập 45 Số 1 - Trang 64-86 - 2016
By now, the becoming business-like of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) is a
well-established global phenomenon that has received ever-growing attention from
management and organization studies. However, the field remains hard to grasp in
its entirety, as researchers use a multitude of similar, yet distinct, key
concepts. The considerable range and complexity of these overlapping notions
create major...
Theses on Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness
Tập 28 Số 2 - Trang 107-126 - 1999
This article draws from the general literature on organizational effectiveness
and the specialized literature on nonprofit organizational effectiveness to
advance six theses about the effectiveness of public benefit charitable
nonprofit organizations (NPOs). (a) Non-profit organizational effectiveness is
always a matter of comparison. (b) Nonprofit organizational effectiveness is
multidimensional ...
Volunteering Versus Managerialism: Conflict Over Organizational Identity in Voluntary Associations
Tập 40 Số 4 - Trang 634-661 - 2011
This qualitative field study examines how volunteering and managerialism shape
the organizational identity of six patient organizations from six different
European countries. Volunteers represent a large part of the workforce in most
voluntary associations. Even though the phenomenon of volunteering is becoming
more and more important for organizations and society alike, so far it has only
been st...
Motivations to Volunteer and Their Associations With Volunteers’ Well-Being
Tập 45 Số 1 - Trang 112-132 - 2016
Volunteerism is a key form of community involvement that can provide both
physical and mental health benefits for volunteers as well as positive outcomes
for the community. However, volunteers become involved for different reasons and
recent studies suggest that other-oriented volunteers may accrue greater health
benefits than self-oriented volunteers. To investigate this possibility, we
surveyed ...
Valuing Volunteers: An Economic Evaluation of the Net Benefits of Hospital Volunteers
Tập 33 Số 1 - Trang 28-54 - 2004
The use of volunteers in hospitals has been an age-old practice. This nonmarket
community involvement is a distinctive aspect of North American life. Hospitals
may be attracted to increase the use of volunteers, both to provide increased
quality of care and to contain costs. Hospitals rely on the use of professional
administrators to use the donated time of volunteers efficiently. This study
exami...
Hands in the Pockets of Mercurial Donors
Tập 42 Số 3 - Trang 584-602 - 2013
The NGO–donor relationship is especially volatile. NGOs in developing countries
heavily rely on foreign donor funding and donor dominance is evident. This
article explores the relationship at times when donors revise funding priorities
and partner NGOs try to adapt. The article draws on qualitative research of
multiple observations to study the decisions of four NGOs in response to several
shifts ...
The Role, Measurement, and Impact of Volunteerism in Hospitals
Tập 43 Số 6 - Trang 1111-1128 - 2014
Volunteer programs are expected to positively impact the organizations in which
they exist. This article reviews the literature on volunteerism, including what
volunteers do, how their contributions can be measured, and the financial- and
quality-related outcomes of volunteer programs. The focus is on volunteerism in
health care settings, particularly hospitals. The article summarizes the
existing...