Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations

?? #OnlineFirst #OpenAccess in #VoluntasJournal! ??New article: "Is Mandatory Community Service a Catalyst for Civic Growth or Fruitless Servitude?: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in South Korea" by?Hwiyoung P. Lee and Ram A. Cnaan. This study addresses the challenge of diminishing civic vitality, exploring the impact of mandatory community service in schools on long-term civic engagement. Leveraging a natural experiment in #SouthKorea, researchers used a regression-discontinuity design to show that these programs increase #Volunteering in adulthood for individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. ?? Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/d5u-XJ8J #NonprofitResearch #ThirdSectorStudies #CivicEngagement #CommunityService

Co-Editor-in-Chief Fredrik Andersson representing Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations at the editors panel ARNOVA

?? #OnlineFirst #OpenAccess in #VoluntasJournal! ??New article: "Institutional Complexity and Social Innovation: The Case of Chinese Social Enterprises" by?Jiawei Sophia and FuShipeng Yan. This study examines how #SocialEnterprises (SEs) navigate institutional complexity in authoritarian regimes. Drawing on interviews with 42 SEs leaders in China, it highlights key tensions between state and social-welfare logics and reveals how depoliticization and localization strategies enable SEs to adapt.?This research advances discussions on #InstitutionalComplexity, #SocialInnovation, and #HybridOrganizing. ?? Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eutinMAg #NonprofitResearch #ThirdSectorStudies #OrganizationalTheory #InstitutionalLogics #SocialImpact

#OnlineFirst #OpenAccess "Exploring Participatory Grantmaking in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Landscape, Practices, and Power Dynamics" by Keratiloe Sishoma Mogotsi and Tyler Dale Hauger This new article centers on participatory grantmaking - the practice of ceding decision-making power about grants to communities affected by the outcomes of the grants- on the African continent. Findings show that practitioners must continuously adapt and refine approaches to address the uneven power dynamics in grantmaking that they aim to change. https://lnkd.in/eBD6B6g9

#OpenAccess The introduction to the #VirtualIssue on #Philanthropy by Dana R.H. Doan, Bhakti Patil, and Dr Alexandra Williamson has just been published! https://lnkd.in/dxU5Q3Jf This introduction highlights seminal contributions made by authors in Voluntas on philanthropy. The virtual issue editors selected six articles representing Voluntas' commitment to global #Diversity and #Inclusion and the journal's interdisciplinary approach.?

#OpenAccess #OnlineFirst Individual Giving in Ghana: A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Giving by Matilda Owusu-Ansah and Bhekinkosi Moyo This study on individual charitable giving in #Ghana reveals key factors influencing donations: gender, household size, age, financial constraints, social norms, egoism, religion, and trust. Using a mixed-methods approach, findings suggest that social & environmental contexts can transform individuals from unwilling or unable to give into active donors, highlighting the importance of context in philanthropy. https://lnkd.in/eFKtFXfw

#OpenAccess #OnlineFirst A new article has just dropped titled “Conceptualizing Policy Advocacy Effectiveness in NPO Research: A Scoping Review of Criteria and Indicators” by Aaron Brusseel, Peter Raeymaeckers, and Bram Verschuere Aiming to conceptualize Policy Advocacy Effectiveness (PAE) within the sphere of nonprofit advocacy, the authors use a scoping review of the relevant literature. The findings identify five main categories of outcome criteria: policy cycle outcomes, organizational capacity outcomes, constituent outcomes, public salience outcomes and societal outcomes. The authors recommend fully embracing the complexity of PAE, encouraging researchers to adopt a multi-dimensional perspective and to diversify their methodological approaches to enhance the robustness and relevance of PAE-related findings. https://lnkd.in/eA6UXF5F

#Replication #CallForPapers is live on the Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations website https://lnkd.in/eqKqdfyF Please direct inquiries to the special issue co-editors Rene Bekkers, Florentine Maier, or Richard Steinberg

#OpenAccess #OnlineFirst ?Ideal Workers, Supporting Actors, or Thrill Seekers? How Coworker Demands Influence Ambulance Volunteers’ Experiences of Freedom and Meaningful Work“ by Kristie McAllum This paper examines the assumption that volunteers vote with their feet and leave when dissatisfied. Based on interviews with volunteer and paid ambulance crew working in nine stations in Aotearoa #NewZealand, the study explores how “super-volunteers” talk about freedom in the context of their on-road work and how coworkers communicatively attempt to influence volunteers’ freedom. https://lnkd.in/eUYNAgrk

?? Impromptu Reunion! #VoluntasJournal Editor, Prof. Susan Appe, ?catches up with her colleague and friend, Prof. Taco Brandsen, former Voluntas Editor, during the annual conference of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA) in Washington, DC. ?It’s always a pleasure to reconnect with those who have played such a key role in the history of Voluntas and the International Society for Third Sector Research! #NonprofitResearch #ThirdSectorStudies #AcademicCommunity #Networking #NASPAA2024 #ISTR