Organizational Capacity of Nonprofit Organizations in Rural Areas of the United States: A Scoping Review
In: Human services organizations management, leadership & governance, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 63-91
ISSN: 2330-314X
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In: Human services organizations management, leadership & governance, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 63-91
ISSN: 2330-314X
In: Social work research, Band 44, Heft 4, S. 247-255
ISSN: 1545-6838
Abstract
With the widespread adoption of social media, researchers are finding new ways to conduct research involving human subjects. Health-related fields have begun to use social media for participant recruitment. However, the social work profession has been slow to adopt the use of social media recruitment techniques. This article describes experiences of a team of social work researchers who used social media to recruit participants for a national survey of social workers using four social media platforms to recruit participants: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Reddit. After three weeks of recruitment, 1,757 participants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia had completed the survey. Facebook and LinkedIn were the most effective social media platforms for recruitment. Authors discuss these results in light of their limitations to provide implications for future research using social media within the fields of social work and related health professions.
In: Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research: JSSWR, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 161-187
ISSN: 1948-822X
In: Research on social work practice, Band 26, Heft 4, S. 464-465
ISSN: 1552-7581
In: Administrative Sciences: open access journal, Band 13, Heft 9, S. 197
ISSN: 2076-3387
Organizational capacity is necessary for nonprofits to meet their missions and contribute to society. Less is known about rural nonprofits' organizational capacity and characteristics, as most research focuses on urban nonprofits. The present study first considers the utility of an organizational capacity assessment and identifies pertinent areas of organizational capacity in rural nonprofits. The second objective of the study is to examine relationships between areas of organizational capacity and organizational-level characteristics. In May 2019, nonprofits (n = 290) from persistently poor, rural counties in 14 southern states participated in a survey providing organizational characteristics and assessing organizational capacity. An exploratory factor analysis on the organizational capacity assessment revealed four organizational capacity areas: Organizational Identity, Fund Development, Volunteers, and Organizational Procedures. Then, descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were conducted to understand the relationships between the organizational capacity areas and organization characteristics, including organizational age, expenses, life stage, NTEE classification, and executive director tenure. Findings indicate significant relationships exist between organizational capacity and characteristics, consistent with previous studies. Older, mature, and/or larger rural nonprofits have increased capacity in several areas. Thus, targeting younger and smaller rural organizations for capacity-building efforts may be impactful.
In: Journal of social service research, Band 46, Heft 6, S. 770-788
ISSN: 1540-7314
In: Human services organizations management, leadership & governance, Band 42, Heft 5, S. 437-456
ISSN: 2330-314X
In: Children and youth services review: an international multidisciplinary review of the welfare of young people, Band 91, S. 232-236
ISSN: 0190-7409
In: Contemporary Rural Social Work: CRSW, Band 9, Heft 1
ISSN: 2165-4611
In: Research on social work practice
ISSN: 1552-7581
Purpose: Job satisfaction in social work has been widely studied, and yet continuity measurement tools utilized to assess job satisfaction among social workers are rare. The purpose of this study was to validate the use of the Social Work Satisfaction Scale (SWSS) with U.S.-based social workers. Moreover, we sought to examine the validity of the scale across rural, suburban, and urban designations. Method: A sample of U.S.-based social workers ( N = 1,764) were recruited via social media to participate in an online survey that collected demographic information and assessed job satisfaction using the SWSS. Descriptive statistics were generated. MPlus (8.5) was used to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis of the SWSS. Results: Results indicate the SWSS is an appropriate measure to use with U.S.-based social workers across geographic settings. Discussion: The SWSS can assist social work-employing organizations seeking to better understand the multidimensional nature of job satisfaction.