Tag: nonprofit
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Book Review: Volunteering in the United Kingdom: The spirit of service, by Mohan, J.
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From Service to Sector: Early-Adulthood Volunteering as a Pathway into Nonprofit and Public Employment
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofit, public, and private employees display theoretically and empirically distinct characteristics. An important branch of this research investigates differences in prosocial behaviors given a sector of employment, but findings often model prosocial … Goto full post >>
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To Be Experienced or to Be Innovative? Signals Influencing Nonprofit Start-Ups’ Philanthropic Funding Acquisition
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Prior research has illuminated how emerging and new nonprofit organizations struggle to garner financial resources, including philanthropic funding. Yet, few studies have examined how nonprofit start-ups are able to overcome this “liability of newness” … Goto full post >>
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Touching Art and Technological Innovation Management Models for a More Inclusive Society: Theory and Practice
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The study addresses the issue of technology and social inclusion within tactile museums, as cultural institutions that have an exhibition structure in which art can be enjoyed through touch. The aim of the work is to investigate the relationship between … Goto full post >>
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Book Review: Participatory grantmaking in philanthropy: How democratizing decision-making shifts power to communities, by Gibson, C. M., Cardona, C., McGinnis Johnson, J., & Suárez, D.
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The Nonprofit, That’s Us: Linking Organizational Identity and Identification in Social Mission-Based Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The relationship between organizational identity and organizational identification has received limited scholarly attention. For many nonprofits, however, especially social mission-based organizations, the relationship is of critical importance. To … Goto full post >>
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Give Me Some Slack: Donor Advised Fund Granting During Crises
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In 2020, the philanthropic sector faced unprecedented demands as it responded to the global pandemic and urgent calls for racial and social justice. Early evidence indicated that US-based donors using donor advised funds (DAFs) responded to those demands … Goto full post >>
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The Diversity Layer: The Role of Coalitions Among Civil Society Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Some theorists argue that civil society organizations (CSOs) can knit together diverse societies by assembling demographically different individuals. CSO core participants (staff, board members, and engaged volunteers) are, however, often demographically … Goto full post >>
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Organizing Civility: Bridging Practices in Islamic Welfare Organization
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Faith-based organizations (FBOs) occupy an ambivalent position in civic life, often bridging divides while also reproducing boundaries. This study examines how Saylani Welfare Trust, a major Islamic welfare organization in Pakistan, organizes civility … Goto full post >>
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Changes in Volunteering Landscape in South Korea During COVID-19: Trajectories of Volume and Engagement Patterns
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted the global volunteer sector, yet its long-term impacts remain insufficiently explored. This study uses 4.7 million records from the 1365 Volunteer Portal (2019–2022) to examine formal volunteering trends in … Goto full post >>
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Effects of Different Leadership Styles on Workers in Ukrainian Non-Profit Organisations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines the relationship between leadership styles (transformational, empowering, servant) of Ukrainian non-profit organisation (NPO) managers and two employee outcomes, self-reported behaviour and commitment to change. A questionnaire … Goto full post >>
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Retaining Volunteers Through Political Economic Change: Austerity, Boundary Work, and the Making of an Unpaid Workforce in Newcastle’s Parks
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article is concerned with the persistence and transformations of local authority ‘in-house’ volunteering programs—which integrate volunteers recruited in a personal capacity in the delivery of local services—during the United Kingdom’s 2010–2020 … Goto full post >>
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NGO–Government Relations in States With Weak Institutions: Avoiding the State While Supplementing Resource Gaps
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Those working in the NGO space continue efforts to expand the set of government–nonprofit relationship types and strategies that comparative scholars may utilize so that researchers in diverse contexts have a more comprehensive toolbox for identifying … Goto full post >>
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Virtual Philanthropy: Exploring Its Definition and Perceived Social Impact Through a Mixed-Method Approach
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Virtual philanthropy, as a novel and distinct mode of digital giving, is expanding the boundaries of traditional philanthropy. Yet, little is known about this new phenomenon, which warrants academic inquiry. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach to … Goto full post >>
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“Giving Time in My Own Time”: Autonomous Volunteering as an Understudied Phenomenon
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Autonomous (self-managed) volunteering offers opportunities for organizations and those who desire to give time independently. However, we lack empirical studies on this emerging phenomenon. This study explores the case of DigiVol, a successful autonomous,… Goto full post >>
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Stratification in Formal Volunteering: Occupational Spill-Over Effects on the Hierarchical Positions of Volunteers in Voluntary Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This research note examines vertical stratification in formal volunteering. More specifically, it focuses on occupational spillover from positions in the paid labor market to volunteer positions based on the new global ILO standard for the measurement of … Goto full post >>
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Volunteers’ Interest in Skill-Based Rewards and in Awards in Nonprofit Organizations: A Study of Volunteer Recognition in France
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. There has been a growing interest in the literature about the recognition of volunteers as a means to support volunteer retention. Using a contingent approach, this study highlights the variability in the interest of volunteers in two types of recognition:… Goto full post >>
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Forming International Networks of Philanthropy: The Cross-Border Activity of the Wellcome Trust, 1936-1995
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Attention given to the international scope of large-scale philanthropy has grown over the past three decades, mirroring the increased prominence of organized philanthropy in the global institutional landscape. Aligning with such an environment, this … Goto full post >>
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Expectation of Reciprocity and Other-Focused Values Foster Informal Volunteering Intentions in Disasters: Evidence From Finland
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Decentralization of disaster management calls every sector to contribute to disaster management—including private citizens. While literature on formal volunteering is rich, less is known about drivers of informal volunteering and the differences between … Goto full post >>
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Place-Based Stigma and Community Foundation Grant Making
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Public concerns about the uneven geographic distribution of philanthropic grants have prompted scholarly interest in how place influences funding outcomes. This study adopts the concept of place-based stigma to examine how the racial and socioeconomic … Goto full post >>

