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Distinguishing the Social Sector: A Buffalo-Niagara Labor Market Study [PDF]

, 2019
The study focuses on the two largest parts of Buffalo-Niagara’s social sector: nonprofit and government ...
Ksiazek, Kristin, Magavern, Sam, Weaver, Rusty   +2 more
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What Are We Learning About the Research‐Practice Gap From HRD Scholars and HRD Scholar‐Practitioners?

Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The research‐practice gap (the gap) in HRD remains a significant challenge, hindering the application of academic research to practice and the integration of workplace challenges into research efforts. It is critical for HRD research to address the gap to develop evidence‐based solutions for learning and organizational performance. The purpose
Kelly Moore, Yonjoo Cho
wiley   +1 more source

What are Program Officer’s Responsibilities and Competencies? An Exploratory Research on Human Resource Development Policy for Effective Grantmaking

Nonprofit Policy Forum
The development of human resources is a significant issue in the global nonprofit context, and Japan is no exception with its relatively small philanthropic sector.
Shimizu Junko, Nakajima Takako, Sugano Taku   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Embracing Complexity in HRM Research: A Call for System and Process Perspectives

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human resource management (HRM) is inherently complex. It involves systems of principles, practices, and activities operating at individual, group, organizational, and macro levels, which are interlinked through complex processes. Yet, empirical research has not kept pace with this conceptual richness.
Rebecca Hewett, Madleen Meier‐Barthold
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: Understanding Nonprofit Work: A Communication Perspective

Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs
Understanding Nonprofit Work: A Communication Perspective is an essential read for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who are interested in the doing or practice of the nonprofit beyond the more abstract economic sector or discrete organization(s)
Sarah Steimel
doaj   +1 more source

Information for Impact: Liberating Nonprofit Sector Data [PDF]

, 2013
This paper explores the costs and benefits of four avenues for achieving open Form 990 data: a mandate for e-filing, an IRS initiative to turn Form 990 data into open data, a third-party platform that would create an open database for Form 990 data, and ...
Beth Simone Noveck, Daniel L. Goroff
core  

How Does Vulnerability Framing by Microfinance Institutions Leverage Funding Success in Crowdfunding?

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on framing theory to investigate how microfinance institutions (MFIs) strategically construct a vulnerability‐oriented organisational identity and how this framing influences their funding decisions during the pre‐campaign phase of prosocial crowdfunding.
Ana Paula Matias Gama, Ricardo Emanuel‐Correia, Fábio Duarte, Mário Augusto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Nonprofit CEO Compensation: Does the Media Provide a Fair Perspective? [PDF]

, 2018
The media plays an active role in forming external stakeholders’ perception of business matters. When it comes to nonprofit business, the media is a source of information that, in theory, works to bridge the gap between external stakeholders ...
Atchison, Amanda
core   +2 more sources

Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons from Innovation: Skills Standards and Certification [PDF]

Working with public, private, and nonprofit sector partners, MIF has invested in the development of skills standards and certification systems with fifteen projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
core   +1 more source