Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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Being “Business-Like” in a Nonprofit Organization: A Grounded and Inductive Typology 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... ...
Tập 33 Số 2 - Trang 290-310 - 2004
Nonprofit Organizations Becoming Business-Like 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 cre... ...
Tập 45 Số 1 - Trang 64-86 - 2016
Theses on Nonprofit Organizational Effectiveness 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 multidim... ...
Tập 28 Số 2 - Trang 107-126 - 1999
Volunteering Versus Managerialism: Conflict Over Organizational Identity in Voluntary Associations 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 onl... ...
Tập 40 Số 4 - Trang 634-661 - 2011
Motivations to Volunteer and Their Associations With Volunteers’ Well-Being 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 ... ...
Tập 45 Số 1 - Trang 112-132 - 2016
Valuing Volunteers: An Economic Evaluation of the Net Benefits of Hospital Volunteers 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 st... ...
Tập 33 Số 1 - Trang 28-54 - 2004
Hands in the Pockets of Mercurial Donors 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 severa... ...
Tập 42 Số 3 - Trang 584-602 - 2013
The Role, Measurement, and Impact of Volunteerism in Hospitals 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... ...
Tập 43 Số 6 - Trang 1111-1128 - 2014