Author: Michael Jindra
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Relational Work in the Struggle Against Poverty: Balancing Scholarly Critiques and Emancipatory Practices in the Nonprofit Sector
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Among antipoverty nonprofit organizations (NPOs), a significant shift back to “relational work” has been occurring. This form of human services connotes strong bonds and durable engagement with clients on major life changes. Critics have associated such efforts with paternalistic and disciplinary regimes reinforcing broader neoliberal trends. Perhaps…
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The Multidimensional Benefits of University Student Volunteering: Psychological Contract, Expectations, and Outcomes
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Student volunteering has many benefits for students, universities, and nonprofit organizations (NPOs), but research on these from a multistakeholder perspective is scant. Using psychological contract theory, this article compares outcomes to expectations of students, universities, and NPOs, proposing a model of the benefits of volunteering to all…
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Comic Relief uses new recruitment platform Applied to help ensure inclusive and diverse recruitment
London, 17 July 2019… Comic Relief is using Applied, a platform that makes recruitment smarter, fairer and easier, as part of its strategic plan to ensure an inclusive and diverse application and selection process.Comic Relief, which has raised over £1.3 billion since 1985 to help eradicate poverty world-wide, began using Applied in January this year…
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International NGO Centralization and Leader-Perceived Effectiveness
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Although international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) rely on their governance structures to pursue crucial missions across national borders, the extant literature is lacking theoretical insights and empirical evidence that explain the influence of such structures on INGO effectiveness. Using organizational and psychological theories, socially constructed effectiveness measurement, and…
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Does Government Funding Make Nonprofits Administratively Inefficient? Revisiting the Link
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. There is widespread concern that government funding bureaucratizes nonprofits and causes them to be administratively inefficient. This study brings together contrasting streams of literature and hypothesizes a curvilinear relationship between government funding and nonprofits’ administrative efficiency. Using a longitudinal dataset of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-registered…
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CDW Partners with Stemettes to Inspire the Next Generation of Women in Tech
London – 1st July, 2019 – CDW is proud to announce the launch of its partnership with Stemettes, an award-winning social enterprise. The partnership will help to inspire and support girls from the ages of 5-21 years old to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). CDW will be sponsoring a 2-day Stemettes…
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Understanding Donor-Advised Funds: How Grants Flow During Recessions
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are becoming increasingly popular in the United States. DAFs receive a growing share of all charitable donations and control a sizable proportion of grants made to other nonprofits. The growth of DAFs has generated controversy over their function as intermediary philanthropic vehicles. Using a…
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How Does NGO Partnering Change Over Time? A Longitudinal Examination of Factors That Influence NGO Partner Selection
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Scholars suggest three partnering strategies that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can use to pursue strategic relationships in civil society networks: (a) the development of overlapping ties associated with network closure, (b) adopting an intermediary role between two disconnected organizations associated with brokerage, and (c) complying with the match-making…
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Book Review: Generation impact: How next gen donors are revolutionizing giving by Goldseker, S., & Moody, M
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Accounting for Volunteers: Enhancing Organizational Accountability and Legitimacy
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Domesticating the Beast: A “Resource Profile” Framework of Power Relations in Nonprofit–Business Collaboration
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The Good Exchange launches additional features for the charitable grant making community
New functionality includes CRM data sharing and WhatsApp integrationNewbury, 6th June 2019 – Not-for-profit, charity-owned on-line matching platform, The Good Exchange, has today announced significant updates to its online charitable giving solution, providing the ability to share the information its single application form gathers from charitable causes seeking funding with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems…
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Predisposed to Volunteer? Personality Traits and Different Forms of Volunteering
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Influence of Ownership Type and CEO Power on Residual Loss: Evidence From the Global Microfinance Industry
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Building Satisfaction and Loyalty During a Musical Benefit Event: A Consumer-Based Approach
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Use and Perceptions of the Availability of Local Government and Nonprofit Services in Diverse Urban Settings
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New clinic brings affordable homeopathy to Liverpool
A new clinic offering low-cost homeopathic treatment will open in Liverpool city centre this Wednesday, 24th April. Liverpool Homeopathy is a partnership between two charities – the British Homeopathic Association and the North West Friends of Homeopathy – and will based at the Liverpool Medical Institution on Mount Pleasant. The clinic, staffed by a team…
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Donor Influence on Long-Term Innovation Within Nonprofit Organizations
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Giving Intention Versus Giving Behavior: How Differently Do Satisfaction, Trust, and Commitment Relate to Them?
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Ethno-racial Diversity on Nonprofit Boards: A Critical Mass Perspective
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