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U.S. nonprofit organizations' demand for temporary foreign professionals
Author(s) -
Tschirhart Mary,
Wise Lois Recascino
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.177
Subject(s) - workforce , variety (cybernetics) , business , affect (linguistics) , government (linguistics) , test (biology) , public relations , wage , resource (disambiguation) , labour economics , marketing , economics , political science , economic growth , sociology , paleontology , computer network , linguistics , philosophy , communication , artificial intelligence , computer science , biology
Abstract This article examines the demand by nonprofits in the United States for foreign professionals to fill a variety of specialized and managerial positions on a temporary basis. Our study contributes to understanding the demand side of the trend toward a more contingent workforce. We test predictors of nonprofit employers' pursuit of foreign labor for professional expertise and show an association between strategy to insource foreign labor and organizational resource level, mission, occupational need, and wage offer. Our findings suggest that government visa policies and practices affect labor pools for nonprofit organizations. Given that our study reveals varied interest by nonprofits in pursuing temporary foreign professionals, we end with a brief review and discussion of how the use of temporary and foreign professionals may influence the dynamics of nonprofit organizations and suggest additional research questions.