Tag: volunteer
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Volunteer Value Creation and Distribution: A Systematic Literature Review
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Volunteers play a central role in contemporary society, yet the value created through their contributions remains fragmented across academic literatures. Drawing on a systematic literature review of 146 academic articles, this study provides a … Goto full post >>
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The Vital Role of Youth Organizations in Shaping Youth Participation in Nine European Countries
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article examines factors that influence the action repertoires of youth organizations (YOs) across nine European countries and their roles within the nonprofit and voluntary sector. We insist on the connectedness of various forms of engagement, … Goto full post >>
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Book Review: Crowded out: The competitive landscape of contemporary international NGOs by Bush, S. S., & Hadden, J
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No Strings Attached: An Examination of Board-Designated Endowments in Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. We examine whether having at least a portion of an endowment free from donor restrictions (i.e., a board-designated endowment [“BDE”]) affects endowment objectives related to intergenerational equity, rainy-day funding, or accumulation. Our results … Goto full post >>
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Attitudinal and Emotional Outcomes and Drivers of Ordinary and Crisis Volunteering
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article examines how crisis volunteering, that is, volunteering in response to needs arising during crises and ordinary volunteering that addresses needs independent of crises, relates to prosocial attitudes and negative emotions, using a four-wave … Goto full post >>
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Between Decorporatization and Contract-Based Governance: The Impact of Public Funding on Voluntary Organizations’ Advocacy Engagement in Norway, 1983 to 2013
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article examines how public funding shapes nonprofit advocacy under changing institutional conditions, using Norway as a case of a shift from corporatist representation toward pluralist and contract-based governance. Drawing on survey data from … Goto full post >>
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Psychological Experiences of Community as Building Blocks of Civil Society
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This work explores civic engagement in Ukraine in 2022 soon after the full-scale Russian invasion. We collected responses from 998 Ukrainian citizens to understand their perspectives on civil society in the first year of the invasion, and more importantly,… Goto full post >>
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Research Note: Form 990 Data Quality and Reliability
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofit financial transparency is vital for research, policy, and public trust. Yet IRS Form 990 data—the most widely used nonprofit data set—raises reliability concerns because it is unaudited and follows tax, rather than Generally Accepted Accounting … Goto full post >>
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Innovating for Financial Sustainability in Nonprofit Symphony Orchestras: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Symphony orchestras (SOs) face financial and legitimacy challenges, from unstable revenue to shifting stakeholder expectations. Grounded in dynamic capabilities theory, we investigate how innovation strengthens nonprofit SOs’ financial sustainability. … Goto full post >>
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Determinants of AI Adoption in Nonprofit Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) becomes more prevalent across all types of organizations, interest in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) tools by charitable nonprofit organizations, who are given 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the … Goto full post >>
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Book Review: People powered radio: Fifty years of Australian community radio station 4ZZZ by Anderson, H and Community radio in South Asia: Mapping the alternative mediascape in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh by Rampersaud-Skorka, T
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Book Review: How consultants shape nonprofits: Shared values, unintended consequences by Reisman, L. M. G
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Book Review: The Philippines Road Home: Developing a Communicative Approach to Participation in Housing by Koschmann, M.
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Professional Data Use Among Nonprofits and Public Organizations in Collaborative Networks: The Influence of Partners, Coalitions, and Technical Assistance Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofits and public organizations may benefit from using evaluation data to improve programs and managerial decisions. Guided by organizational learning and institutional theory, this study investigates how partners, coalitions, and technical assistance … Goto full post >>
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Nonprofit Policies in an Anti-DEI Legislative Environment
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Despite the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices and policies, some public service organizations do not have them. Discourse surrounding DEI has pressured many organizations to remove DEI policies given their resource dependence … Goto full post >>
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From Threat to Volunteering: Psychological Distress as a Mediating Mechanism During the Iron Swords War
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The Iron Swords War induced severe psychological distress in the Israeli population. This study examined the relationship between perceived threat, psychological distress, and the volunteering behavior of Israeli citizens at the start of the war. We … Goto full post >>
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Inclusive Leadership, Elusive Support? Examining the Impact of Nonprofit Representative and Diverse Leadership on Community Support
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines how leadership diversity and representation within nonprofit organizations influence community support. Drawing on a national survey of 1,036 nonprofits in the United States, we tested a structural equation modeling linking board … Goto full post >>
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Donation-Based Crowdfunding: Converting Financial Capital Into Symbolic Capital
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article contributes to the existing donation literature by addressing the knowledge gap in the impact of the symbolic capital of charity endorsers on the intention to donate. It explores the interplay between the symbolic capital of the endorser, … Goto full post >>
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Nonprofit Organizations: A Paired Review
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Book Review: Standing up for nonprofits: Advocacy on federal, sector-wide issues
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