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Funding uncertainty and nonprofit strategies in the 1980s
Author(s) -
Bielefeld Wolfgang
Publication year - 1992
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.4130020406
Subject(s) - retrenchment , nonprofit sector , legitimation , revenue , uncertainty reduction theory , phenomenon , business , action (physics) , accounting , economics , public relations , public economics , political science , public administration , psychology , social psychology , law , physics , quantum mechanics , politics
Abstract The degree to which strategic action is related to changes in the perceived uncertainty of income from major types of funders was examined for a panel of nonprofit organizations. Uncertainty was found to be a pervasive phenomenon. Nonprofits in some parts of the sector reported increases in uncertainty over time, while those in other parts reported decreases. The use of new revenue, legitimation, or retrenchment strategies was associated with the reduction of uncertainty for some types of nonprofit organizations but not for others.