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COVID ‐19 as a nonprofit workplace crisis: Seeking insights from the nonprofit workers' perspective
Author(s) -
Kuenzi Kerry,
Stewart Amanda J.,
Walk Marlene
Publication year - 2021
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.21465
Subject(s) - nonprofit sector , perspective (graphical) , covid-19 , public relations , work (physics) , nonprofit organization , pandemic , face (sociological concept) , stressor , revenue , shock (circulatory) , business , political science , sociology , psychology , medicine , finance , mechanical engineering , clinical psychology , social science , disease , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , engineering
Due to the COVID‐19 pandemic, nonprofit organizations face increased demands for services alongside decreased revenues and must make tough choices on how to weather these stressors. Alongside these organizational changes, COVID‐19 impacts nonprofit workers and could be a career shock for these individuals, potentially altering how they think of their work and career intentions, even jeopardizing their commitment to the sector. Therefore, this paper outlines a research agenda to understand how the pandemic impacts nonprofit workers and their commitment to working in the sector. Several areas for future research are identified including human resource policy, leadership development, generational differences, gender effects, nonprofit graduate education, and mission‐specific work effects.