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Factors characterizing the most effective nonprofits managed by volunteers
Author(s) -
Smith David Horton,
Shen Ce
Publication year - 1996
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.4130060306
Subject(s) - reputation , nonprofit organization , public relations , business , volunteer , corporate governance , empirical research , political science , finance , law , agronomy , philosophy , epistemology , biology
This article reports on an empirical study of thirty‐nine volunteer‐managed nonprofit organizations (voluntary associations, not paid staff nonprofits) in a small suburb of Boston. Reputation for effectiveness in achieving goals has been found to be significantly associated with nonprofit nature, governance, and formalization. Many hypotheses suggested by others for nonprofit organizations with paid staff do not seem to transfer to volunteer nonprofit groups. Practitioners can utilize the present findings to improve volunteer nonprofits.