Balancing Acts : NPO-Leadership and Volunteering
Journal
Financial Accountability & Management
ISSN
0267-4424
ISSN-Digital
1468-0408
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2009-02-01
Author(s)
Jaeger, Urs
;
Kreutzer, Karin
;
Beyes, Timon
Abstract (De)
Volunteering is regarded as an increasingly important phenomenon and the "employment" of volunteers as one of the typical traits of nonprofit organizations. However, the consequences of volunteering for everyday practices of NPO-leadership, i.e. the question of how non-paid employees are treated in settings where formal power is lacking, have so far not received the attention they deserve. Our paper discusses practices for leading without formal power by presenting findings from an empirical research project. Using a Grounded Theory approach, we identify five interrelated practices that question conventional notions of transformative or charismatic leadership.
Language
German
Keywords
Nonprofit Organizations
Volunteering
Practice-Perspective
NPO-Leadership
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Blackwell
Publisher place
Oxford
Volume
25
Number
1
Start page
79
End page
97
Pages
19
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
49830