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Factors influencing nonprofit career choice in faith‐based and secular NGOs in three developing countries
Author(s) -
Teresa Flanigan Shawn
Publication year - 2010
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.20012
Subject(s) - faith , work (physics) , buddhism , sri lanka , political science , developing country , sociology , chose , nonprofit sector , religious organization , public relations , economic growth , socioeconomics , law , theology , economics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , engineering , tanzania
Much of the research on the factors that draw individuals to nonprofit careers is based in Australia, Western Europe, and the United States, and research on the role of faith in career choice focuses largely on Christian organizations. This article examines the factors that draw individuals to work in the nongovernmental organization (NGO) sector in the developing countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, and Sri Lanka. It also looks at whether faith offers similar motivations for NGO workers in Buddhist, Druze, Sunni Muslim, and Shiite Muslim NGOs as it does for workers in Christian NGOs. Much like nonprofit workers in other studies, the individuals interviewed chose their jobs based on their personal commitment to an organization's work.