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- THE EFFECT OF COMMUNITY SOCIAL CAPITAL ON NON-PROFITS’ GOVERNANCE AND DISCLOSURE QUALITY.
- Creator
- Subedi, Meena, Farazmand, Ali, Florida Atlantic University, School of Public Administration, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Social capital is critical to the entities' disciplinary environment and the ability to produce high quality financial reports. Although prior literature on for-profit setting indicates that social capital impacts both governance (Ferris, et al., 2017) and financial reporting quality (Jha & Chen, 2015; Jha, 2019), this area has received less attention in non-profit literature. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the impact of the social capital of a non-profit organization's (NPO)...
Show moreSocial capital is critical to the entities' disciplinary environment and the ability to produce high quality financial reports. Although prior literature on for-profit setting indicates that social capital impacts both governance (Ferris, et al., 2017) and financial reporting quality (Jha & Chen, 2015; Jha, 2019), this area has received less attention in non-profit literature. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the impact of the social capital of a non-profit organization's (NPO) headquarter area (also known as community social capital) on the NPO governance and disclosure quality (i.e., the quality of Form 990). The study hypothesizes and finds that the community social capital of an NPO headquarter area has a positive impact on its governance. The positive relationship suggests that NPO social capital and governance play a complementary role, where managers in high social capital face strong disciplinary environment and enjoy strong social connections and professional reputations and thus have fewer incentives to resist the adoption of sound governance practices. Similarly, the study also hypothesizes and finds that the community social capital of an NPO headquarter area has a positive impact on its disclosure quality. This finding suggests that community social capital disciplines NPO self-interested managers' behavior to manipulate financial numbers in Form 990 disclosures.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2021
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013740
- Subject Headings
- Social Capital, Governance, Nonprofit organizations, Financial disclosure
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- Document (PDF)
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- Examining performance variables of non-governmental organizations.
- Creator
- Espirito Santo, Sofia do, Florida Atlantic University, Washington, Charles W.
- Abstract/Description
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Over the past twenty years, there has been a significant increase of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) participating in development activities. However, there does not exist in the literature clear and agreed upon measures of performance of successful or high performing NGOs. This dissertation examines three organizational factors affecting NGO performance: characteristics, strategies, and functions. It employs a Delphi Method and a mail survey of 399 U.S.-based NGOs registered with the...
Show moreOver the past twenty years, there has been a significant increase of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) participating in development activities. However, there does not exist in the literature clear and agreed upon measures of performance of successful or high performing NGOs. This dissertation examines three organizational factors affecting NGO performance: characteristics, strategies, and functions. It employs a Delphi Method and a mail survey of 399 U.S.-based NGOs registered with the United States Agency for International Development as of October 1, 1996. Organizational variables, such as decision-making, organizational structure, span of control and hierarchy, communications, types of interactions, program areas, intervening strategies, and diversified funding are identified and rated as highly relevant to NGO performance by the executive officials of the responding NGOs. The study finds that: (1) specific variables related to the organizational characteristics of NGOs were perceived as more important to high performance than the variables related to the strategies and functions of NGOs; (2) responding NGO executives show a positive orientation (perhaps bias) towards both self-assessment of the level of performance of their NGOs and assessment of the importance of organizational variables identified by the Delphi group and the literature; (3) most executives considered their organizations as high performers, but the relationship between positive self-assessment of performance by NGO executives and the variables that define characteristics, strategies, and functions was found not to be statistically significant; (4) there is not a typical organizational pattern by which NGOs can be described because of their diverse and collaborative operational arrangements. This study provides to the field of public administration, organizational studies, public policy, and development administration a better understanding of organizational variables considered important to NGOs' performance from the viewpoint of NGO executives. It employs a methodology not typically associated with public administration research, and its findings take us one step further in the direction of explaining key organizational factors influencing high performance of NGOs and the variables that define these factors.
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- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11957
- Subject Headings
- Non-governmental organizations, Nonprofit organizations, Political development
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- Reframing our understanding of nonprofit regulation through the use of the institutional analysis and development framework.
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- Vienne, Denise R., Nyhan, Ronald C., Florida Atlantic University, College for Design and Social Inquiry, School of Public Administration
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Regulation of the nonprofit sector is a subject of significant debate in the academic and professional literature. The debate raises questions about how to regulate the sector in a manner that addresses accountability while preserving the sector’s unique role in society. Central to the debate is the role of self-regulation. The nonprofit sector is recognized and defended as a distinct third sector in society. Cultural norms and values differentiate the purpose of the sector from the...
Show moreRegulation of the nonprofit sector is a subject of significant debate in the academic and professional literature. The debate raises questions about how to regulate the sector in a manner that addresses accountability while preserving the sector’s unique role in society. Central to the debate is the role of self-regulation. The nonprofit sector is recognized and defended as a distinct third sector in society. Cultural norms and values differentiate the purpose of the sector from the governmental and commercial realms. The legal regime secures rights, establishes organizational structures, and provides tax benefits that enable, reinforce, and protect participation in nonprofit activities. Nevertheless, government regulation is thought to be antithetical to sector autonomy, as well as an obstacle to flexibility and innovation. Selfregulation protects the sector’s political independence and its distinctiveness through the cultivation of shared norms, standards, and processes for ethical practices. Although self regulation is considered to be consistent with the autonomous nature of the sector, it is also criticized as a weaker form of regulation. The ability to address regulatory issues expressed in the broader debate is limited by how we frame nonprofit regulation. The problem with advancing our understanding of self-regulation has to do with how we conceptualize nonprofit regulation. Government and self-regulation are conceptualized and studied as distinct options for regulating the sector. Missing in the nonprofit scholarship is a theoretical framework capable of reframing nonprofit regulation as a system of governance that depends on self-regulation. This represents a glaring gap in the research. Neglecting the institutional context that explains the structure and functioning of the nonprofit sector has led to an oversimplification of nonprofit governance. To study the effects of self-regulation on the functioning of the sector, I argue that we must first frame what is relevant about how the nonprofit sector is governed. The Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) Framework outlines a systematic approach for analyzing institutions that govern collective endeavors. The objective of this dissertation is to introduce the IAD as an approach for examining self-regulation not as an alternative to government regulation but as an important part of nonprofit governance.
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- 2014
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004231, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004231
- Subject Headings
- Corporate governence, Non governmental organizations -- Management, Nonprofit organizations -- Finance -- Moral and ethical aspects, Nonprofit organizations -- Government policy, Nonprofit organizations -- Management, Public private sector cooperation
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- Document (PDF)
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- An analysis of the leadership competencies of specialized nonprofit management degree programs.
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- Fay, Karen Marie, Bryan, Valerie, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
- Abstract/Description
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The field of nonprofit management education is nascent and little of the research has extended into the area of leadership as a requisite competency for nonprofit leaders. Likewise, the research on leadership has not been widely extended to the nonprofit sector. Prior research suggests a broad range of competencies are necessary to lead in the dynamic, complex environment of nonprofits, the exercise of which differs from that in the for-profit sector.
- Date Issued
- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004442, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004442
- Subject Headings
- Leadership, Nonprofit organizations -- Evaluation -- Methodology, Nonprofit organizations -- Leadership, Nonprofit organizations -- Management -- Study and teaching, Organizational effectiveness -- Evaluation -- Study and teaching
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- Document (PDF)
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- My nonprofit experience.
- Creator
- Reiling, Jarred
- Date Issued
- 2005-06
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11554
- Subject Headings
- Internship programs, Nonprofit organizations, Education--Florida, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Make-A-Wish.
- Creator
- Perry, Tina
- Date Issued
- 2003-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11566
- Subject Headings
- Internship programs, Nonprofit organizations, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Education--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
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- C.A.R.E. Center for Abuse & Rape Emergencies of Charlotte County.
- Creator
- Kennedy, Amanda
- Date Issued
- 2004-06
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11555
- Subject Headings
- Internship programs, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Nonprofit organizations, Education--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Sand Hill Scout Reservation.
- Creator
- Leech, Anna
- Date Issued
- 2005-07
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11552
- Subject Headings
- Internship programs, Education--Florida, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Nonprofit organizations
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Non-profit internship: center for group counseling.
- Creator
- Montgomery, Samantha
- Date Issued
- 2005-08
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11553
- Subject Headings
- Internship programs, Nonprofit organizations, Education--Florida, Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound
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- Document (PDF)
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- An empirical study of Florida nonprofit arts organizations.
- Creator
- Lu, Yu Hua., Florida Atlantic University, Stronge, William B., College of Business, Department of Economics
- Abstract/Description
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This thesis contains an empirical study of nonprofit cultural organizations in the state of Florida. Transcendental and Cobb Douglas functions are compared for a sample of 76 organizations. The organizations produce under conditions of decreasing returns to scale and both labor and capital are employed in amounts beyond the point where their marginal revenue products equal their input prices. Labor is disaggregated between artists and adjuvants, with the former functioning as essential to...
Show moreThis thesis contains an empirical study of nonprofit cultural organizations in the state of Florida. Transcendental and Cobb Douglas functions are compared for a sample of 76 organizations. The organizations produce under conditions of decreasing returns to scale and both labor and capital are employed in amounts beyond the point where their marginal revenue products equal their input prices. Labor is disaggregated between artists and adjuvants, with the former functioning as essential to production and the latter not being essential to production.
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- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14753
- Subject Headings
- Nonprofit organizations--United States, Arts--Economic aspects--United States
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- Document (PDF)
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- Comparing the Use of a Business Plan with a Community Intervention Model in a Volunteer Project of a Not-For-Profit Agency.
- Creator
- Hooks, Karen L., Zoeller, Robert F., Florida Atlantic University
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Health promotion and community intervention models are available for community projects. Project volunteers with business backgrounds may lack knowledge of these models, but be familiar with business plans. This study analyzed a community project using the Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH) model and a business plan and proposed a new model based on that analysis. The documented processes and activities of the United Way of Broward County. Florida, Women's Way 2006 Helmets for the...
Show moreHealth promotion and community intervention models are available for community projects. Project volunteers with business backgrounds may lack knowledge of these models, but be familiar with business plans. This study analyzed a community project using the Planned Approach to Community Health (PATCH) model and a business plan and proposed a new model based on that analysis. The documented processes and activities of the United Way of Broward County. Florida, Women's Way 2006 Helmets for the Holidays committee were collected, subjectively evaluated, and used as the basis for a new model integrating components of PATCH and a business plan. The significant contribution of the resulting model is its incorporation of a community outreach component into a planning and management model that uses business-comfortable language.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000634
- Subject Headings
- Communication in public health, Health promotion--Planning, Health promotion--Evaluation, Nonprofit organizations--Management
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- Document (PDF)
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- Self-Directed Learning Readiness, Strategic Thinking and Leader Effectiveness in Directors of a National Nonprofit Organization.
- Creator
- Zsiga, Peter L., Guglielmino, Lucy M., Florida Atlantic University
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Levels of self-directed learning readiness, strategic thinking and leader effectiveness in nonprofit directors were obtained from a sample of YMCA directors who responded to an online survey. The resulting data were analyzed to determine if correlations between the measures were observed and if the relationships were moderated by employment, geographic or demographic variables. Self-directed learning readiness and strategic thinking were highly correlated. Analysis of the questionnaires from...
Show moreLevels of self-directed learning readiness, strategic thinking and leader effectiveness in nonprofit directors were obtained from a sample of YMCA directors who responded to an online survey. The resulting data were analyzed to determine if correlations between the measures were observed and if the relationships were moderated by employment, geographic or demographic variables. Self-directed learning readiness and strategic thinking were highly correlated. Analysis of the questionnaires from 471 respondents demonstrated that the correlations between self-directed learning readiness and strategic thinking were robust (r = .58, p < .001 ). Leader effectiveness was found to correlate with these two constructs at identical and significant levels (r = .1 0, p < .05). These correlations present evidence of positive relationships between self-directed learning levels, strategic thinking levels and leader effectiveness. Correlations were also found for self-directed learning readiness and each of the three subscales of strategic thinking, reframing, reflecting and systems thinking, and the leader effectiveness measure; and for the reframing subscale of strategic thinking with leader effectiveness. Responses to open-ended questions reflected the use of self-directed learning strategies and strategic thinking by the sample in preparing for challenges in education and leadership. Correlations between strategic thinking and leader effectiveness were moderated by ethnicity. Levels of correlation between self-directed learning readiness and strategic thinking were moderated by the variables of years of AYP membership and number of branches supervised, the level of performance rating desired, and years of similar employment. The YMCA directors in this study were determined to be effective leaders who used strategic thinking and self-directed learning strategies to meet the demands of their leadership roles. The results indicate that individuals who exhibit self-directed learning tendencies can be expected to use strategic thinking strategies; that those who are strategic thinkers reflect self-directed learning behavior; and that leader effectiveness is supported by the possession of strategic thinking and selfdirected learning skills.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000718
- Subject Headings
- Nonprofit organizations--Management, Leadership, Organizational effectiveness, Executive ability, Learning, Psychology of
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- Document (PDF)
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- A CASE STUDY IN THE TRANSFERABILITY OF LONG-RANGE PLANNING WITHIN VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS.
- Creator
- LAGASSE, ALFRED BAZIL, JR., Florida Atlantic University, Sullivan, John W.
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This thesis was prepared as a case study of the American Society of Landscape Architects to determine the potential utility and transferability of long-range planning in voluntary organizations. Methods employed in substantiating this concept and its corollaries include: questionnaires, interviews, and scholarly research. The thesis is divided into six objectives testing three hypotheses. The categories for measurement are: involvement of young members, increase in educational opportunities,...
Show moreThis thesis was prepared as a case study of the American Society of Landscape Architects to determine the potential utility and transferability of long-range planning in voluntary organizations. Methods employed in substantiating this concept and its corollaries include: questionnaires, interviews, and scholarly research. The thesis is divided into six objectives testing three hypotheses. The categories for measurement are: involvement of young members, increase in educational opportunities, development of a public relations program, support to private practice, development of a research program, and reorientation and financing. After extensive analysis it can be determined that long-range planning is an essential component in effecting predetermined objectives.
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- 1972
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13507
- Subject Headings
- American Society of Landscape Architects, Associations, institutions, etc--United States--Planning, Corporations--Accounting, Nonprofit organizations--Accounting
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- Document (PDF)