Understanding the Implications of Government Ties for Nonprofit Operations and Functions

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zhan, Xueyong; Tang, Shui-Yan
• 署名单位: Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of Southern California
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12515
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 589-600
• 关键词: environmental ngos; CIVIL-SOCIETY; PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION; firm performance; CHINA; sector; TRANSITION; ECONOMY; ORGANIZATIONS; Embeddedness

摘要

This research explores the implications of nonprofit leaders' government ties for nonprofit operations and functions. Based on 81 survey questionnaires completed by civic environmental NGOs (eNGOs) in China and interviews with executives from 33 eNGOs, the authors examine the personal backgrounds of eNGO leaders and find that most Chinese civic eNGOs are connected with the government in one or more of three ways: political ties, service organization ties, or personal ties. Personal ties, or good guanxi with government officials, are positively associated with a higher level of funding stability and a more developed management system. Environmental NGOs with leaders who are current government officials or legislative body members are more likely to be engaged in policy advocacy. Service organization ties facilitate eNGOs' efforts to be engaged in legal services and to scale up to work on environmental issues at the national level. Moreover, an eNGO's policy advocacy engagement is associated with its ties with the nonprofit community.