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Introduction to the Special Issue on Leadership, Altruism, and Social Organization
Author(s) -
CHANDER PARKASH,
CONLEY JOHN P.,
VESTERLUND LISE
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of public economic theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.809
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1467-9779
pISSN - 1097-3923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9779.2010.01466.x
Subject(s) - altruism (biology) , public relations , public good , focus (optics) , private sector , social organization , economics , sociology , business , management , political science , social psychology , psychology , microeconomics , economic growth , social science , physics , optics
The objective of the conference on “Leadership, Altruism, and Social Organization” was to bring researchers together who were interested in exploring the functioning of the nonprofit sector. The conference and this special issue focus on three themes. First, what causes social and volunteer‐based organizations to successfully compete against a private enterprise? Second, why do individuals or organizations take the lead in providing or securing provision of public goods? Third, what are the consequences of having altruistically motivated agents, and how can such motives be sustained?