How a Nonprofitness Orientation Influences Collective Civic Action: The Effects of Civic Engagement and Political Participation

Fernandez, Kandyce; Robichau, Robbie Waters; Alexander, Jennifer; MacKenzie, William I.; Scherer, Robert F.

doi:10.1007/s11266-021-00445-4

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“…The Avenger Philanthropy behavior from which the NPO benefits is a one-off: a moment in time rather than a building a longer term relationship of giving and advocacy. The challenge for the charity is to harness the indirect response from which they have benefitted, to then build a direct relationship based on a deeper ongoing engagement with the cause and organization (Fernandez et al, 2022). This is an indicator of a fundamental underlying challenge for charities; the lack of relationship proximity.…”

Section: Implications For Marketing Practicementioning

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Avengers assemble: Avenger philanthropy as the new gift opportunity for nonprofit organizations

Mitchell

2024

Psychology and Marketing

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This conceptual paper extends theories of gift giving behavior through identifying and defining the emerging phenomenon of Avenger Philanthropy. This manifests when people make individual monetary donations to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to achieve a collective sense of moral grandstanding, usually underpinned by humor. For the first time, the paper makes sense of this phenomenon theoretically through drawing on a wide range of literature including gift giving, game theory and consumer psychology, and as a result, identifies seven distinctive hallmarks. The paper maps the importance of public expression of personal values, amplified through social media, together with risks for the NPO that benefits from the donations. Emotion underpins the giving behavior, both moral outrage and humor. This investigation contributes to the gift giving literature by identifying, mapping and anchoring current actions that potentially have far reaching consequences for future research and for nonprofit practice.

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Section: Implications For Marketing Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Avengers assemble: Avenger philanthropy as the new gift opportunity for nonprofit organizations

Mitchell

2024

Psychology and Marketing

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“…from weak to strong or low to high; Bryson and Hand, 2007). Further engagement intensity is associated with organizational and network connections (Fernandez et al. , 2022; Wollebæk and Strømsnes, 2008).…”

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“…from weak to strong or low to high; Bryson and Hand, 2007). Further engagement intensity is associated with organizational and network connections (Fernandez et al, 2022;Wollebaek and Strømsnes, 2008). Finally, engagement intensity is a measurement construct and is used for scale developments of engagement (Bryson and Hand, 2007;Schaufeli et al, 2002a).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Yeung et al (2021) operationalize civic engagement as the number of associational memberships reflecting network relationships and activities linking people and institutions. Similarly, Fernandez et al (2022) measure members' community engagement and collective civic actions taken by various stakeholders. Table 3 summarizes dimensions and measurements of AE in the fields of management and social science.…”

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The nature of actor engagement intensity: a classification scheme

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PurposeActor engagement (AE) literature shows inconsistent understandings of engagement intensity. However, a holistic picture of the nature of AE intensity is foundational to advance empirical AE models and measurement frameworks. This paper provides a nuanced understanding of what engagement intensity is and how it unfolds on different network levels.Design/methodology/approachThis conceptual study draws from a literature review and offers a comprehensive classification scheme of AE intensity. The literature review extends beyond marketing and service research and draws from the etymology of AE intensity in management and social science, specifically, the fields of student, employee and civic engagement.FindingsThe classification scheme clarifies that AE intensity at the individual level refers to actors' affective and cognitive tone and varying magnitudes (i.e. efforts, duration, activeness) of resource investments. At the dyad level, AE intensity represents relational strength, and at the network level, it refers to the degree of connectedness in the network.Research limitations/implicationsThe research reconciles conceptual inconsistencies in the AE literature. Our classification scheme goes beyond the individual actor and actor–actor dyad and offers a holistic overview of possible ways to operationalize AE intensity in networks.Practical implicationsThe classification scheme can be used as a strategic checklist to include AE intensities of individual actors (e.g. customers and employees), relationships between these actors and network connectedness, when further developing engagement measurement tools and benchmarks.Originality/valueThis is the first study providing a comprehensive understanding of AE intensity from an individual, dyadic and network perspective.

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“…As spaces are both “socially produced and simultaneously socially producing” (Dale & Burrell, 2008 : 6), NPOs and their environment are mutually constitutive: NPOs rely on external resources, while local communities often depend on the services provided by NPOs (Bielefeld, 2000 ; Wu, 2019 ). For example, areas with a low level of nonprofit engagement often suffer from low political participation (Fernandez et al, 2022 ; Hum, 2010 ), poor community health (Joassart-Marcelli et al, 2011 ), poor educational outcomes, and high crime rates (Sampson, 2012 ; Sampson & Graif, 2009 ). Therefore, neighborhoods exhibit specific needs and resources that determine NPOs’ capacity to integrate socially and/or systemically.…”

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Nonprofits for Cohesive Cities: Neighborhood Characteristics, Organizational Practices, and their Effects on Social and Systemic Integration

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Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) contribute to vital neighborhoods by building communities of citizens and acting as intermediaries between citizens and organizations. We investigate how NPOs’ engagement in social and systemic integration is shaped by neighborhood characteristics, and how it relates to the organizational practices of managerialism and organizational democracy. We combine survey data with administrative data from a representative sample of NPOs in a major European city. To measure the effect of neighborhood on organizational integration, we separated the city into 7,840 grid cells characterized by population, per capita income, share of immigrant population, and density of organizations. Findings indicate that managerialism positively relates with systemic integration, as organizational democracy relates with social integration. Neighborhood characteristics, however, are not related with NPOs’ engagement in integration. Our findings contribute to research on urban social cohesion by illuminating the interplay between NPOs’ organizing practices, local neighborhoods, and contributions to both forms of integration.

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How a Nonprofitness Orientation Influences Collective Civic Action: The Effects of Civic Engagement and Political Participation

Cited by 9 publications

References 61 publications

Avengers assemble: Avenger philanthropy as the new gift opportunity for nonprofit organizations

Avengers assemble: Avenger philanthropy as the new gift opportunity for nonprofit organizations

The nature of actor engagement intensity: a classification scheme

Nonprofits for Cohesive Cities: Neighborhood Characteristics, Organizational Practices, and their Effects on Social and Systemic Integration

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