The Third Way Reconfigured

How and Why Nonprofit Organizations are Shifting Their Human Resource Management

verfasst von

Hans Gerd Ridder, Erk P. Piening, Alina Mc Candless Baluch

Abstract

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are facing increasing demands to become more efficient and effective, especially given increasing financial cutbacks, the rising demand for services and the push toward performance-related management. Human resource management (HRM) is claimed to play an important role in coping with these challenges. Yet, within the field of nonprofit management, little is known about the configuration of HR architectures in NPOs, let alone their impact on performance. To bridge this gap, we conduct an exploratory multiple case study in ten health and social services NPOs. The case study data indicates a shift toward a dominant strategic orientation in the configuration of HRM. Our article makes a central contribution by uncovering a third way in which NPOs seek a specific configuration of HRM to confront the challenges they face in their internal and external environments.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Personal und Organizational Behavior

Typ

Artikel

Journal

VOLUNTAS

Band

23

Seiten

605-635

Anzahl der Seiten

31

ISSN

0957-8765

Publikationsdatum

09.2012

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Betriebswirtschaft und Internationales Management, Soziologie und Politikwissenschaften, Public administration, Strategie und Management

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-011-9219-z (Zugang: Geschlossen)