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Title
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Balancing pragmatic and moral legitimacy : NPOs in a context of nonprofit-business hybridity
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Author
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Abstract
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| In nonprofit management literature, there is a debate about the effect of nonprofit-business hybridity on organizational legitimacy. This paper contributes to the discussion by using a broad conceptualization of nonprofit-business hybridity and a multi-stakeholder perspective. We compare two nonprofit organizations, which differ in their degree of nonprofit-business hybridity, within the work integration social enterprise sector (WISE) in Flanders, Belgium. We find that being more hybrid has a positive effect on the moral legitimacy as perceived by governmental actors and umbrella organizations. On the other hand, hybridity puts the organization’s pragmatic legitimacy under pressure in the eyes of employees, client-employees and volunteers. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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Public Administration across Borders: proceedings of the EGPA Conference, 10-13 September, 2019, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Publication
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2019
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26 p.
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