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BALANCING ACTS: NPO‐LEADERSHIP AND VOLUNTEERING
Author(s) -
Jäger Urs,
Kreutzer Karin,
Beyes Timon
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
financial accountability and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1468-0408
pISSN - 0267-4424
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2008.00466.x
Subject(s) - transformative learning , public relations , charismatic authority , phenomenon , power (physics) , charisma , empirical research , sociology , leadership style , political science , epistemology , pedagogy , law , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
Volunteering is regarded as an increasingly important phenomenon and the ‘employment’ of volunteers as one of the typical traits of nonprofit organizations. However, the consequences of volunteering for everyday practices of NPO‐leadership, i.e. the question of how non‐paid employees are treated in settings where formal power is lacking, have so far not received the attention they deserve. Our paper discusses practices for leading without formal power by presenting findings from an empirical research project. Using a Grounded Theory approach, we identify five interrelated practices that question conventional notions of transformative or charismatic leadership.