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What is in a theme? Professionalization in nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations research
Author(s) -
Marberg Angela,
Korzilius Hubert,
Kranenburg Hans
Publication year - 2019
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.21355
Subject(s) - professionalization , terminology , nonprofit sector , nonprofit organization , public relations , theme (computing) , political science , sociology , professional association , field (mathematics) , social science , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , operating system , mathematics , pure mathematics
This study examines 1,418 articles in three leading journals in the field of nonprofit organization studies from 1990 to 2010. Using topic modeling to detect dominant themes, we were able to trace the development of the academic research on nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations over two decades. We found remarkable changes with regard to an increasing use of professional, managerialist terminology such as that used in for‐profit organizations. This is significant given the potential of the research agenda to influence developments in the nonprofit sector.