Transformational leadership has a great impact on employees’ psychological attachment to their organizations. This study examines how and under what condition transformational translates into affective organizational commitment. Using moderated mediation model, this research finds that the relationship between commitment is transmitted through perceived work impact. More importantly, our findings suggest indirect effect of by level centralization an organization. Theoretical practical...

Abstract This article addresses an important question: do nonprofit organizations have advantage over public in fostering individual–organizational value congruence? The authors argue that advantage. is because institutional differences between the two sectors become manifest through status and extent of external control, which influences organization individual. External control sector (nonprofit versus public) determine centralization, organizational goal ambiguity, work autonomy. In turn,...

This article asks whether and how transformational leadership in the public sector can influence use of normative values organizational decisions. We focus on leadership's three core (representation, equity, individual rights). The extent to which organizations their employees emphasize decision‐making signal important messages external stakeholders about respect for responsiveness all citizens, valuing citizens from different walks life equally, constitutionally guaranteed rights. propose a...

This study conducts a comparative analysis of social enterprise intermediaries in China and India to better understand how they legitimize enterprises new settings. To address theoretical weakness this sphere, it combines several institutional theories capture disruptions created by innovation also legitimizing processes. Drawing on data collected from surveys, interviews, websites each country, finds that mitigate negative leverage positive influences external institutions though their...

Although the topic of nonprofit collaboration has attracted much scholarly attention, few studies have focused on collaborations small nonprofits in particular. This study examines human resource capacity dilemma that many service organizations face and its relationship to a nonprofit's efforts. Our analysis is based 2016 online survey data from 229 with annual gross receipts less than $500,000. Descriptive results show most very paid staff. Even so, over 90% these are involved formal and/or...

Reducing the ambiguity of employees' perceptions organizational goals is an effective strategy for improving their work-related attitudes and performance, but our understanding how this can be accomplished limited. This article focuses on perceived level person-environment fit examines its relationship to individual goals. Statistical analysis survey questionnaire responses from public nonprofit organizations shows that employees who see themselves as compatible with coworkers job...

Measuring performance in public organizations has been a growing trend for several decades. Designing, adopting, and implementing this style of management system have the topic much practitioner academic deliberation. One struggle those determined to adopt measurement systems faced, though, is ability sustain them over time actually engrain into their decision-making frameworks. Countless barriers long-term success exist article seeks identify categorize them. Using mixed-method survey...

In China, the development of social enterprises based on Western concepts marked entrance an institutional innovation with strong forces working against its survival. This study examines how in China persisted face high isomorphic pressures that urged their conformity existing institutions Drawing 41 surveys we find they survived by resisting negative while simultaneously conforming others for increased legitimation. Thus, extend theorization testing a setting important implications...

Although the public-management literature has demonstrated a growing interest in public–nonprofit collaborations, it pays little attention to sustainability of collaborations. This study proposes that nonprofits’ intentions maintain collaborations with government are influenced by both instrumental and relational factors. Using national sample human service nonprofits, this demonstrates continuance commitment affective play role shaping their collaborative relationships government....

The COVID-19 pandemic has created complex problems that require organizations to collaborate within and across the sector line. Social media data can provide insights into how nonprofits interact for response from both social network geographical perspectives. This study innovatively investigated connection interaction patterns among 74 National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD) three government agencies based on structural analyses content of their Twitter communications...

Nonprofit organizations play an essential role in the provision of collective goods. Focusing on a unique subsector United States, this study examines extent to which nonprofit hospitals’ community benefits is related their revenue streams. Building existing theories, we postulate that as proportion certain source (i.e., government grants, private contributions, and program fees) increases, its corresponding also increase. Using data from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 990 filed by...

As global climate change intensifies, carbon emissions trading has become an important tool for countries to address change. China, as the world's largest emitter, been conducting pilots since 2011, and officially launched a national market in 2017. The construction of China's is crucial China efforts Market efficiency key indicator its success. This article aims measure analyze effectiveness market, explore policy measures enhance effectiveness. It selected data from effective days...

Government payment delay is one of the major problems that nonprofits encounter when delivering government funded services. This study argues delays not only impose negative impacts on nonprofits' operations but also damage underlying relationships between and government. Employing data from a national survey U.S. human service nonprofits, we examine relational effects nonprofits. The finds experienced perceived higher levels distributive procedural injustice displayed lower instrumental...

The factors influencing a municipal manager’s choice of approaches to coping with disagreement their city council are not completely understood. This research examines two contextual – issue criticality and the informal power that influence decision use four strategies: avoiding, obliging, asserting, integrating. Results from survey experiment suggest is positively associated integrating approach negatively related obliging approach. Moreover, encourages asserting style while suppressing...

Considering multi-dimensional concepts of liquidity, we introduces two classical liquidity measures to quantify the China carbon emission allowance(CCEA) trading markets, and analyze their activities. Then monthly unbalanced panel was constructed based on daily data further study influencing factors CCEA market. We find that: 1) No matter what method take, Hubei pilot is most liquid in context overall running periods, national market Guangdong are also well performed compared other markets....

ABSTRACT Our study examined how individual characteristics shape the way different dimensions of nonprofit reputation impact charitable giving decisions. We used data from a 2 × full factorial survey experiment and operationalized in three dimensions: financial efficiency, media visibility, accreditation status. First, our findings show that information about high efficiency leads to increased donations individuals who are older, White, or have higher levels education, but fewer more...

We explore strategic orientation as an approach to analyzing complexity in public management networks, asking how theoretically informed insights on relationship building fare when examined the context of sector-, function- and policy arena–oriented dyads that form constituent elements networks. Our survey state asthma coalitions provides support for six facilitating factors regardless pairing, with surprisingly widespread differing ideas about address problems a facilitative factor. The...

This paper examines the development of social enterprises in China to better understand enterprise as institutional innovation and challenge aspects theory isomorphism. Drawing on 29 in-person surveys nonprofit Shanghai, this shows that, while isomorphic pressures are present an important mechanism that assists legitimization enterprises, broader organizational field is occurring. In process, it challenges several assumptions inherent DiMaggio Powell’s (1983) isomorphism opens new insights...

There has been a resurgence of scholarship on public sector transformational leadership in the last decade offering evidence number important themes. Although these studies have advanced state knowledge, they are silent key question whether or not leaders able to persuade employees use value (such as equity, representation, individual rights) organizational decision-making. We propose model that specifies direct influence (infusing) and indirect (convince others) employee values Empirical...