scholarly journals Real structure of the non-profit institutions’ funding resources: market or government?

Equilibrium ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Vladimir Hyanek ◽  
Zuzana Prouzova
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Real Complex

According to the theory, there are reasons to assume that non-profit institutions (NPI) behave specifically, in the way that is significantly different from the behaviour typical for both for-profit and public service providers. Paper investigates NPIs´ reactions to the distinctive changes of the economic environment in the 2008–2013 when Czech NPIs were relatively strongly affected by the crisis, although this affection probably haven’t been as heavy as in some other European countries. Non-profit institutions (NPI) are characterized by their multi-source funding when payments from end-consumers are relatively low. The most reliable data sources are Annual National Accounts and the Satellite Account of NPIs, presenting macroeconomic data. In this article, we focus on structure of NPI funding resources changes in tough times of economic crisis. The paper derives from the preliminary results of our extensive research project focused on the impact of public financing on the structure of resources and production of non-profit institutions. This project utilizes a quantitative representative questionnaire survey of non-profit institutions. In this article we focus on a specific area of public social services only. The proposed paper seeks to prove that existing data sources do not capture the real/complex structure of NPI funding resources and will identify the shortcomings of the macroeconomic data and their scope.

scholarly journals Impact Evaluation of the Provision of Social Housing on the Use of Social Services by Homeless People in the Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10184
Author(s):  
Katerina Glumbikova ◽  
Pavel Rusnok ◽  
Marek Mikulec
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Housing ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
The Impact

The Czech Republic has recently experienced a growing number of homeless people, which leads to the need to evaluate the impact of social housing on the living conditions of its users. At present, there is no existing law on social housing in the Czech Republic and the agenda of assistance to the homeless is thus carried out mainly by social services. For these reasons, the paper intends to evaluate the impact of social housing on the homeless in the Czech Republic in a specific area of the use of social services. Based on a quantitative research survey of 147 social housing dwellers after moving in and after 12 months, the impact of social housing on the use of social services was determined, which was put into context with the trend of using social work services in social housing. Research results show that the provision of social housing leads to an overall decrease of the social work utilization and (possible) increase in client self-sufficiency, which can result in strong economic impacts of social housing in the form of savings on social work provision.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Leadership Behaviors and Volunteer Commitment: The Role of Volunteer Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Benevene ◽  
Ilaria Buonomo ◽  
Michael West
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
Volunteer Satisfaction ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
The Impact

Despite the relative scarcity of studies on the impact of leadership styles on satisfaction and commitment of volunteers within non-profit organizations, this relationship plays a crucial role in fostering sustained volunteerism and volunteers' well-being. A questionnaire was administered to more than 200 volunteers involved in delivering social services in non-profit organizations from Central and Northern Italy. The questionnaire contained the Volunteer Satisfaction Index, the sub-scale on Affective Commitment of the Organizational Commitment Scale, and two sub-scales of the Key Leadership Behaviors, namely: Helping people to grow and lead, and Enabling learning and innovation. Socio-demographic data were collected as well. Findings revealed that leaders' actions oriented toward the enablement of learning and innovation have an effect on volunteers' affective commitment, through the full mediation of volunteer satisfaction. Leaders' actions oriented toward the growth and empowerment of volunteers, instead, did not show significant relationships with volunteer satisfaction and affective commitment.

Leadership styles and organizational learning in UK for-profit and non-profit sports organizations

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 596-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majd Megheirkouni
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the transformational and transactional leadership styles and organizational learning at for-profit and non-profit sports organizations, and the impact of these leadership styles on enhancing organizational learning in these sports organizations. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative questionnaire survey method was adopted. The data were collected from for-profit and non-profit sports organizations in the UK. Findings Management by exception-active in transactional leadership and idealized leadership in transformational leadership seem to be equally important for facilitating organizational learning. The results also revealed significant differences between for-profit and non-profit sports organizations in leadership styles and organizational learning. Research limitations/implications The generalizability of the results for different sports settings or different countries must be examined, given that only some sports organizations under the umbrellas of non-profit and for-profit sectors were used as the target population. The research is limited to the use of moderating variables, such as motivation, organizational structure, culture and innovation, that might attenuate this effect. This study contributes to the field by investigating the direct relationship between leadership styles and organizational learning in a sports setting. Originality/value The originality of this study is its advances of sports leadership research that is linking leadership styles and organizational learning in for-profit and non-profit sports organizations.

The Mixed Economy of Day Care: Consumer Versus Professional Assessments

1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela C. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Consumer Choice ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Assessment ◽  
Care Programme ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Child Day Care

AbstractOne of the crucial issues in the evolution of the welfare state is the preferred means of funding and providing social services. In the absence of a federally-funded and centrally-administered child day care programme in the United States, a variety of services and programmes have evolved. Public policy which seeks to encourage service diversity must consider the ability of social service consumers to afford, select or utilize services of quality, or to demand quality from service providers. This study compares child day care services provided under different auspices — public (state and municipal), quasi-public (military), quasi-private (employer-sponsored), non-profit and private proprietary. Consumer ratings of the day care programmes provided under six different auspices are compared to a research assessment of the same six programmes. The data indicate a tendency among consumers to be inattentive regarding the basic elements of care and to overestimate the quality of care. If we accept the view that consumer choice is desirable on procedural grounds (a desirable freedom), then the findings of this study suggest that public policy should strive to enhance the effectiveness of consumer choice.

scholarly journals Coronavirus Pandemic (Covid-19): Delayed Consequences for the Prevention of Social Orphanhood

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-59
Author(s):  
G.V. Semya ◽  
E.S. Garifulina ◽  
N.V. Freik
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Expert Assessment ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Expert Analysis ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
Delayed Consequences ◽  
The Impact

The article presents an expert analysis of the impact of the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Russia on the situation of families with children and the children, as well as the delayed consequences for the social orphancy system in Russia. The expert assessment is based on the results of sociological surveys of the child protection representatives, their opinion on the impact of the pandemic on the well-being of families with children and children in 9 regions, the analysis of individual organizations for orphans and children left without parental care. The data on the difference in the assessment of the situation of specialists and representatives of the non-profit sector are correlated. Conclusions are drawn about the strengthening of the “medical approach” in assessing the well-being of a child against social and personal needs, the lack of flexibility in organizing the work of the subjects of the orphancy prevention system during restrictive measures, as well as objective limitations of the remote form of providing social services and the unavailability of such services for certain family categories. The research was com- missioned by the Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation.

scholarly journals The impact of the nationalisation threat on Zimbabwe’s economy

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-168
Author(s):  
Patricia Lindelwa Makoni
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
The Impact

Internationally, the theme of territorial social responsibility, or territorial networks (CSR-oriented partnerships between local public and private partners) aimed to promote a model of sustainable economic growth, is still little noted. The movement of collective responsibility sees institutions and organisations (public and private, for profit and non-profit) participating in a form of economic development that is socially and environmentally sustainable. In these territories where deeply rooted actors are stimulated to cooperate for the responsible development of the productive system, their combined actions become an effective instrument in the sustainable government of the territory. Based on this consideration, the aim of our research is the evaluation of Italian local governmental initiatives to promote corporate social responsibility through public-private networks (specially focusing on the “Marche Region” case- study). Local governance based on the subsidiarity and the shared values of a spatial and socio-economic community can therefore be interpreted as a possible form of “managing publicly” which is focused on creating values and following the public interest, and operates through their motivations and values. This triggers a path of human governance in which participation, co-planning, and dialogue are not merely slogans but the modus operandi in actors’ processes of creating value.

scholarly journals Arrangements for the Transfer of Social-Services Delivery to Non-Governmental Providers (Regional Practices, Russia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-274
Author(s):  
Galina Zabolotnaya ◽  
Andrey Larionov
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Institutional Conditions ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Republic Of Bashkortostan ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Regional Processes ◽  
Federal Center

AbstractThe study focuses on the Russian practice of institutionalizing non-governmental social-service providers. The paper discusses the arrangements for the transfer of governmental social services under the terms of budget financing to commercial and non-profit organizations. The authors proceed from the fact that although there are uniform institutional conditions for the formation of the non-governmental sector in the field of social services, established by the federal center, most of the rules and procedures which determine the implementation of this process are defined on the level of the constituent subjects of the Russian Federation. The paper explores the practices of three regions: Perm, the Republic of Bashkortostan and Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra. These regions are recognized as the leaders in the process of diversification of social services. The analysis made it possible to identify the general and the particular in the regional processes of the transfer of social services to the non-governmental sector.

Moving away from opportunity? Social networks and access to social services

Urban Studies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1696-1713
Author(s):  
Jae Sik Jeon
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Residential Mobility ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Service Agencies ◽  
Moving To Opportunity ◽  
The Impact

Strong social connections often deter residential mobility beyond reach of the social network. A missing link in the body of research on this subject is the significance of the role of social networks in pooling resources for costly services and neighbourhood-level access to social services. Few have explored whether assistance from local social service agencies may substitute for practical help from social networks, thereby enabling low-income assisted renters to locate housing in more desirable neighbourhoods. Relying on data from the Moving to Opportunity experiment, this article examines the impact of social networks and social services on the dynamics of residential mobility. I find that the existence of social networks in the place movers left behind tends to increase the likelihood of moving back, but this likelihood varies with current access to social service providers and distance moved. These findings suggest that policy efforts in spatial dispersion of poverty should pay close attention to the geography of social services.

Private Education in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar: Implications and Challenges

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha Ridge ◽  
Susan Kippels ◽  
Soha Shami
Keyword(s):  
Private Education ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Private Schooling ◽  
The Face ◽  
Education Market ◽  
The Impact

Over the last three decades, continued expatriate population growth across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar has contributed to the rise of a unique set of economic and social challenges. Among these are challenges relating to the provision of private education in the absence of a public option. In the face of rising demand for private schooling, a lack of affordable education options, the monopolistic behavior of private education providers, and varied government regulations have created a complex and unbalanced education sector. While researchers have studied the nature and implications of private education provision in the United Kingdom, United States, and other high-income states, no such research has been done in the UAE or Qatar. This research employs a mixed-methods comparative approach to understand the nature of the private education sectors in the UAE and Qatar, examine the ways in which private education providers navigate the regulatory schooling environments in the UAE and Qatar, and assess the impact on education stakeholders, in particular those at the lower ends of the socioeconomic spectrum. The study finds that there are considerable socioeconomic differences in terms of who has access to schooling and that a growing for-profit education market may be deepening segregation and inequities in both countries, leaving poorer families less able to access quality education. The promise of non-profit providers as a viable alternative is explored. تعليمي معقد و غير متوازن. بينما درس الباحثون طبيعة و تداعيات توفير التعليم الخاص في المملكة المتحدة و الولايات المتحدة، و غيرها من الدول ذات الدخل المرتفع، و لم يتم إجراء مثل هذه البحوث في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة و دولة قطر

Consumers’ intention to donate to two children’s charity brands: a comparison of Barnardo’s and BBC Children in Need

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Michaelidou ◽  
Milena Micevski ◽  
Nikoletta Theofania Siamagka
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Brand Image ◽  
The Other ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Consumer Intentions ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – This paper aims to examine consumers’ non-profit brand image, brand typicality and past behaviour as determinants of intention to donate to two children charity brands. Design/methodology/approach – Data for this study were obtained from two separate studies via a questionnaire, both in the context of two children charities, one for Barnardo’s and the other for BBC Children in Need charity. A theoretical model is developed, tested and compared across the two charity brands. Findings – Findings highlight that different factors influence intentions to donate time and money according to the charity brand. Brand typicality is a key determinant of time donations, while the impact of non-profit brand image dimensions on time and money donations differs across the two charities. Past behaviour affects intentions to donate money in both charities but impacts time donations in only one of the two charities investigated. Research limitations/implications – The study examines specific dimensions of non-profit brand image across two different charity brands and offers theoretical insights about the value of brand image in a non-for profit context in shaping consumer outcomes (i.e. consumer intentions to donate). Originality/value – The study sheds further light into the notion of typicality put forward by Michel and Rieunier (2012) for two children’s charity brands that differ in terms of their strength and income levels and examined past behaviour as a determinant to donate to charity brands.

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