Value as a Self-Sustaining Mechanism
Value as a Self-Sustaining Mechanism
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作为自我维持机制的价值
DOI：
10.1177/0899764012457244
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
W. Knutsen
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作者：
W. Knutsen
越来越多的实证观察表明，由于商业化和政府行为的采用，非营利组织正在成为一种不那么独特的组织形式。这对非营利组织理论发展滞后于实践发展提出了挑战。本研究探讨了一个代表性的服务非营利组织，并询问如何以及为什么它是类似的，同时，从私人和公共组织不同。其目的是促进对非营利理论假设的辩论-我们应该研究非营利组织作为一个独特的组织形式，或者作为混合？案例研究表明，案例组织的自我维持机制是基于价值，产生多种援助，而不需要任何成本。这种机制，加上社区基础和非营利身份，形成了一种独特的非营利模式。然而，由于基于价值的自我维持机制的不足，该组织不得不采用企业和政府的做法。
Empirical observations increasingly evidence that nonprofit organizations are becoming a less distinctive form of organization due to commercialization and the adoption of government practices. This fact challenges nonprofit theory development, which lags behind the development of practices in the field. This study examines one representative service nonprofit and asks how and why it is similar to and, simultaneously, different from private and public organizations. The purpose is to contribute to the debate on the assumption of nonprofit theory—should we study nonprofits as a distinct form of organization or perhaps as hybrids? The case study reveals that the case organization’s self-sustaining mechanism is based on value that generates many kinds of assistance at no cost. This mechanism, paired with a community base and a not-for-profit identity, formulates a distinct nonprofit model. However, due to the inadequacy of the value-based self-sustaining mechanism, the organization has to adopt business and government practices.