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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1156-1180 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 19 Nov 2023 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2024 |
Abstract
Nonprofit organizations frequently engage in partnerships with profit-oriented businesses to fulfill their goals and social mission. Although nonprofit-business partnerships can benefit both parties, they are a potential source of intra-organizational controversy and conflict, especially when social objectives clash with business interests. An increasingly recognized risk of nonprofit-business partnerships lies in organizational identity threats. Adopting a sensemaking perspective, we investigate how nonprofit members make sense of nonprofit-business partnerships and how these appraisal processes influence whether they perceive these inter-organizational partnerships as organizational identity threats. Our qualitative study draws on semi-structured interviews and shows that nonprofit members’ evaluations of partnership congruence (i.e., the perceived fit of a partnership with members’ organizational identity expectations) and partnership relevance (i.e., the perceived meaning of a partnership for an organization’s identity) influence whether they perceive partnerships as organizational identity threats. In doing so, we extend research on organizational identity threats (and opportunities) of nonprofit-business partnerships.
Keywords
- cross-sector partnerships, nonprofit organizations, nonprofit-business partnerships, organizational identity threats, sensemaking
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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In: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 5, 10.2024, p. 1156-1180.
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T1 - Mate or Menace? Exploring Organizational Identity Threats in Nonprofit-Business Partnerships
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AU - Baluch, Alina M.
AU - Piening, Erk P.
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