Browsing by Author "Handy, Femida"

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    5 reasons why people give their money away – plus 1 why they don’t
    (The Conversation US, Inc., 2017-11-26) Konrath, Sara; Handy, Femida; Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
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    The Development and Validation of the Motives to Donate Scale
    (Sage, 2017) Konrath, Sara; Handy, Femida; Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
    In this article, we develop and validate a comprehensive self-report scale of why people make charitable donations, relying on a theoretical model of private versus public benefits to donors. In Study 1, we administered an initial pool of 54 items to a general adult sample online. An exploratory factor analysis supported six final factors in the Motives to Donate scale: Trust, Altruism, Social, Tax benefits, Egoism, and Constraints. We then verified this factor structure in a confirmatory factor analysis. Study 1 also examined the final 18-item scale’s demographic correlates and construct validity using the same sample. We found that the scale correlated in predictable ways with personality traits and motives to volunteer. In Study 2, we also found test–retest correlations between .67 and .80 after 2 weeks. Taken together, we provide initial evidence for the scale’s internal reliability, test–retest reliability, and validity, and we suggest future directions for research.
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    Do Government Expenditures Shift Private Philanthropic Donations to Particular Fields of Welfare? Evidence from Cross-country Data
    (Oxford, 2018-02) De Wit, Arjen; Neumayr, Michaela; Handy, Femida; Wiepking, Pamala; Philosophy, School of Liberal Arts
    Do government expenditures shift private philanthropic donations to particular fields of welfare? We examine this association in the first cross-country study to correlate government expenditures with the level of individual private donations to different fields of welfare using the Individual International Philanthropy Database (IIPD, 2016; Ncountry = 19; Nindividual = 126,923). The results of the descriptive and multilevel analyses support the idea of crosswise crowding-in; in countries where government expenditures in health and social protection are higher, more donors give to support the environment, international aid, and the arts. The level of giving to different sectors, however, is not associated with government expenditures. The results reject the crowding-out hypothesis and provide a nuanced picture of the relationship between government funding and philanthropic giving across different fields of social welfare.
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    Doing good may make people look better
    (The Conversation US, Inc., 2020-10-09) Konrath, Sara; Handy, Femida; Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
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    Global Philanthropy: Does Institutional Context Matter for Charitable Giving?
    (Sage, 2021-02-04) Wiepking, Pamala; Handy, Femida; Park, Sohyun; Neumayr, Michaela; Bekkers, René; Breeze, Beth; De Wit, Arjen; Einolf, Chris; Gricevic, Zbignev; Scaife, Wendy; Bethmann, Steffen; Breen, Oonagh B.; Kang, Chulhee; Katz, Hagai; Krasnopolskaya, Irina; Layton, Michael D.; Mersianova, Irina; Lo, Kunag-Ta; Osili, Una; Pessi, Anne Birgitta; Sivesind, Karl Henrik; Yamauchi, Naoto; Yang, Yongzheng
    In this article, we examine whether and how the institutional context matters when understanding individuals’ giving to philanthropic organizations. We posit that both the individuals’ propensity to give and the amounts given are higher in countries with a stronger institutional context for philanthropy. We examine key factors of formal and informal institutional contexts for philanthropy at both the organizational and societal levels, including regulatory and legislative frameworks, professional standards, and social practices. Our results show that while aggregate levels of giving are higher in countries with stronger institutionalization, multilevel analyses of 118,788 individuals in 19 countries show limited support for the hypothesized relationships between institutional context and philanthropy. The findings suggest the need for better comparative data to understand the complex and dynamic influences of institutional contexts on charitable giving. This, in turn, would support the development of evidence-based practices and policies in the field of global philanthropy.
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    Job Crafting as Reaction to Organizational Change
    (Sage, 2018-09) Walk, Marlene; Handy, Femida; School of Public and Environmental Affairs
    Change recipients are not just negative and passive, but positive and active shapers of organizational change; we draw on job crafting to reflect positive and proactive behaviors individuals display in their changing work environment. Drawing on job crafting and organizational change theory, this study proposes a conceptual framework that links change-specific context factors to job crafting as a form of change proactivity. These factors provide the impetus for change recipients to engage in job crafting, a relationship that is moderated by individual differences and situational factors. Job crafting is also related to organizational and individual outcomes. We test these relationships using data collected from teachers shortly after a major policy change was announced in Germany’s public education sector. This study provides new insights into the antecedents and outcomes of job crafting, while offering a positive framing of change recipients as positive and active shapers during organizational change.
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    Mind the Gap: Expectations and Experiences of Clients Utilizing Job-Training Services in a Social Enterprise
    (Wiley, 2015-06-01) Walk, Marlene; Greenspan, Itay; Crossley, Honey; Handy, Femida; School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI
    This paper offers an underexplored perspective of social impact assessment by integrating clients’ evaluation of the impact of job-training and skills-building programs. Drawing on the literature of ‘met expectations’, we investigate the personal and social impact, beyond job placement, of job-training and skills-building programs provided by a Canadian social enterprise from the perspective of the clients. Utilizing data from a pre-test/post-test quasi-experiment, we assess the differences, between program participants as compared to a control group of nonparticipants, on several measures. Findings illuminate the gap between expectations and actual experiences, and point to the importance of integrating the clients’ perspective. Such measures enable leaders of social enterprises to account for the often neglected intangibles of their social missions.
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    Missing in Action: Strategic Human Resource Management in German Nonprofits
    (Springer, 2014-08) Walk, Marlene; Schinnenburg, Heike; Handy, Femida
    Human resource (HR) management is important for human service nonprofits because they rely on the quality of their employees for the provision of their services. Using a typology of nonprofit HR architecture developed by Ridder and McCandless (Nonprofit Volunt Sect Q 29(1):124-141, ), we attempt to unpack the black box between performance and HR practices. To this end, we conducted semi-structured interviews with HR managers and young employees to investigate their perceptions of HR practices in their nonprofit organizations. Based on the findings, we extend the research on HR management in nonprofit organizations and caution that success or failure of implementing HR practices may be directly influenced by the external environment. (English)
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    Philanthropy in a Different Perspective: Voices from Ethiopia, Nigeria and Serbia
    (IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, 2022-05-25) Wiepking, Pamala; Handy, Femida
    In this edited volume scholars describe philanthropy and civil society in their country of expertise: 1) Kidist Yasin - The Organization of Civil Society and Culture of Helping in Ethiopia: Amid; 2) Challenging but Improving Legal and Fiscal Infrastructure; 3) Anastesia Okaomee- Giving in Nigeria: Strong Cultural and Religious Traditions of Generosity and Donor-dependent Civil Society Sector; 4) Bojana Radovanović - Civil Society Sector and Philanthropy in Serbia: Informality, Institutionalization and Changing Environment.
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    Religious and Secular Coping Strategies and Mortality Risk among Older Adults
    (Springer, 2015-01-03) McDougle, Lindsey; Konrath, Sara H.; Walk, Marlene; Handy, Femida; School of Public and Environmental Affairs, IUPUI
    Using data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, the purpose of this study is twofold. First, the study identifies coping strategies used by older adults. Second, the study examines the impact of older adults’ chosen coping strategies on mortality reduction. The study focuses specifically on differences in the use of religious and secular coping strategies among this population. The findings suggest that although coping strategies differ between those who self-classify as religious and those who self-classify as nonreligious, for both groups social approaches to coping (e.g., attending church and volunteering) are more likely than individual approaches (e.g., praying or active/passive coping) to reduce the risk of mortality. The most efficacious coping strategies, however, are those matched to characteristics of the individual.