Factors Attracting Individuals to Nonprofit Management over Public and Private Sector Management

LeRoux, Kelly; Feeney, Mary

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“…In their article LeRoux and Feeney () give an interesting literature overview of how several variables are likely to be different for managers in the nonprofit, public, and profit sectors. For this they rely on seminal contributions that have studied differences across sectors.…”

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“…The concepts studied are (1) the sector in which a manager is employed (as dependent variable), (2) performance pay, (3) work satisfaction, (4) discretion, (5) job flexibility, (6) job security, (7) promotion opportunities, and (8) job clarity (as independent variables). For example, one of the hypotheses is “Hypothesis 1: Managers who anticipate financial bonuses or pay increases will be more likely to work in the for‐profit sector rather than the nonprofit or public sectors” (LeRoux and Feeney , 46).…”

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“…A second consideration concerns embedded assumptions of the analytic method chosen by LeRoux and Feeney (). They apply a logistic regression analysis to predict whether a person is employed in a particular sector, depending on variables like performance pay, work satisfaction, discretion, job flexibility, job security, promotion opportunities, and job clarity.…”

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Antecedents or Effects of Being a Manager in the Nonprofit, Public, or Private Sector

Willems

2014

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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In this correspondence I postulate a complementary consideration to an article recently published in Nonprofit Management & Leadership: “Factors Attracting Individuals to Nonprofit Management over Public and Private Sector Management” (LeRoux and Feeney 2013). The aim of this correspondence is to provide avenues for further research based on an evaluation of the authors’ analysis and their embedded assumptions on causality and interdependency of the variables used. I perform an extended empirical analysis of the same data as used in LeRoux and Feeney (2013) in which inherent assumptions are adjusted based on available literature. Results show that their conclusions need nuancing, and that further research could focus on (1) a clearer distinction between antecedents and effects of sector of employment, and (2) the different relationships across sectors between work‐related variables, such as job satisfaction, job flexibility, or job clarity.

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Willems

2014

Nonprofit Mgmnt & Ldrshp

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“…However, nonprofits have the advantage of being managed as private enterprises following business management practices. The literature reports more satisfaction with the work and more commitment with the organization in nonprofits than in government entities (LeRoux and Feeney ). They have more trust in their management and they generally operate with more autonomy, including the possibility of offering pay increases.…”

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Public or nonprofit? Career preferences and dimensions of public service motivation

Ballart

Rico

2018

Public Administration

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While the foundational claim that PSM attracts individuals to the public sector is well established in the research literature, much uncertainty still exists about its influence on the choice between the public versus the nonprofit sector, which also frequently exhibits a strong public service mission. Little is known also about how discrete dimensions of PSM differ in their effects on such job preferences. This article addresses these shortcomings by drawing on a study that combines the measurement of separate dimensions of PSM with a policy‐capturing design that allows disentangling the effects of sector from those of other job attributes that usually correlate with it: the service orientation of the job and job security. Results show that dimensions of PSM display relevant differences in their effects on preferences across job attributes. These findings have important implications for the choice of PSM measurements in scholarly research and job selection.

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“…First, the existing findings are rarely based on comparisons across all three sectors (exceptions are Christensen & Wright, 2011;LeRoux & Feeney, 2013;Tschirhart, Reed, Freeman, & Anker, 2008). First, the existing findings are rarely based on comparisons across all three sectors (exceptions are Christensen & Wright, 2011;LeRoux & Feeney, 2013;Tschirhart, Reed, Freeman, & Anker, 2008).…”

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Does Motivation Matter for Employer Choices? A Discrete-Choice Analysis of Medical Students’ Decisions Among Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Hospitals

Winter

Thaler

2016

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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Physicians are crucial resources for medical service provision, and aggravated physician shortages enhance the need to understand employer preferences and thus perceived employer attractiveness. Our study analyzes how differences in individual motivational factors explain intentional employer choice in the hospital industry. This study focuses on medical students who are faced with their first employer selection. Using a large-scale survey of medical students (n = 563) in Germany, we analyze these choices using multinomial logit models. The analysis shows that heterogeneity exists in students' preferences for hospital ownership type and an employer's highlighted benefits. The likelihood of making certain choices is significantly related to both otherrelated motivational factors, such as altruism and commitment to public interest, and self-oriented motivational factors, such as financial security and work-life balance. The results are discussed, and management implications for nonprofit and other hospitals are derived.

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Factors Attracting Individuals to Nonprofit Management over Public and Private Sector Management

Cited by 36 publications

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Antecedents or Effects of Being a Manager in the Nonprofit, Public, or Private Sector

Antecedents or Effects of Being a Manager in the Nonprofit, Public, or Private Sector

Public or nonprofit? Career preferences and dimensions of public service motivation

Does Motivation Matter for Employer Choices? A Discrete-Choice Analysis of Medical Students’ Decisions Among Public, Nonprofit, and For-Profit Hospitals

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