Author: Sören Dallmeyer
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To Pay or Not to Pay? The Effects of Monetary Compensation on Volunteers in Sports Clubs
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Previous research has shown that monetary compensation can crowd out intrinsic motivation for various activities. However, the existing evidence regarding voluntary work is limited and has produced inconclusive findings in the past. This study aims to address this research gap by investigating how monetary compensation affects the…
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Book Review: The nature of the nonprofit sector
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Goto full post >>
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The Value of Being Nonprofit: A New Look at Hansmann’s Contract Failure Theory
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In his theory about the role of nonprofit enterprise, Henry Hansmann suggested that nonprofit status provides important information to consumers in low-information environments. In this article, we assess whether consumers use nonprofit status to form purchasing preferences as Hansmann predicted. Using choice-based conjoint analysis, we find that…
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November 2023 updates
Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…
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How we work, #2: We look at specific opportunities, not just general interventions
This post is the second in a multi-part series, covering how GiveWell works and what we fund. The first post, on cost-effectiveness, is here. Through these posts, we hope to give a better understanding of our research and decision-making. Looking forward, not just backward When we consider recommending funding, we don’t just want to know…
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Editors’ Note: Honoring the Legacy of David Horton Smith
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Volume 52, Issue 6, Page 1513-1514, December 2023. Goto full post >>
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CEP2023 Day 3: But for (Effective) Philanthropy
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CEP2023 Day Two: Trick or Treating for Grantmakers
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How we work, #1: Cost-effectiveness is generally the most important factor in our recommendations
This post is the first in a multi-part series, covering how GiveWell works and what we fund. We’ll add links to the later posts here as they’re published. Through these posts, we hope to give a better understanding of our research and decision-making. Why cost-effectiveness matters The core question we try to answer in our…
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Rationalising externally-driven change: charities and the exploitation of new-practice requirements
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Although legitimacy is critical when attempting to introduce new practices in the nonprofit charity sector, little is known about individual processes of legitimation within such organizations, and how legitimacy emerges and interacts with perceived external pressures. This article investigates how charity organizational actors (using rhetorical arguments) linguistically…
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An Empirical Mapping of Environmental Protection and Conservation Nonprofit Discourse on Social Media
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article is a comprehensive empirical overview of environmental protection and conservation nonprofits’ discourse on social media. To what extent have these nonprofits framed climate change in their public discourse and how has it evolved over time? How do organizational characteristics and resources affect their social media…
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How Advocacy Nonprofits Interact With and Impact Business: Introducing a Strategic Confrontation and Collaboration Interaction Model (SCCIM)
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This paper proposes a distinctive strategic model (Strategic Confrontational and Collaborative Interaction Model [SCCIM]) for nonprofit organizations acting within the business ecosystem. The SCCIM maps both confrontational and collaborative strategies and tactics, thus accommodating the extensive range of nonprofit interaction alternatives toward business. Whereas confrontational and collaborative…
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October 2023 updates
Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…