Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations
The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of donors in the organization of governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from an agency theory perspective. For this, the sponsored project was understood as a temporary organization. The study relied o...
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doaj-6532cdbf10dd45b19c3811bb151dbc832020-11-25T02:08:00ZengAssociação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)BAR: Brazilian Administration Review1807-76922019-08-01163e18011110.1590/1807-7692bar2019180111Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizationsAdonai José Lacruz0Ralf Luis de Moura1Alexandre Reis Rosa2Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo, BrazilUniversidade Federal do Espírito Santo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Sergipe, BrazilThe purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of donors in the organization of governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from an agency theory perspective. For this, the sponsored project was understood as a temporary organization. The study relied on data collected through document survey in contracts and call for tenders for project support, and on semi-structured interviews with executives from donor organizations in a Latin America country. The study found that the governance of NGOs is impacted by temporary governance derived from projects. In turn, the projects are circumvented by aspects of compliance and enforcement through pressure from donors, and transferring donor management processes to NGOs produces two shadows over NGOs: (a) there is a public organizations’ influence of laws, norms and actions of state decentralization that demands NGOs to organize themselves like the State; and, (b) on the corporate donors side, an organization aligned with business is required.https://bar.anpad.org.br/index.php/bar/article/view/376/382non-governmental organizationgovernanceagency theorydonations |
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Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations |
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Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations |
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Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations |
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Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations |
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Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations |
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organizing in the shadow of donors: how donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations |
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Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD) |
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BAR: Brazilian Administration Review |
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2019-08-01 |
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the influence of donors in the organization of governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from an agency theory perspective. For this, the sponsored project was understood as a temporary organization. The study relied on data collected through document survey in contracts and call for tenders for project support, and on semi-structured interviews with executives from donor organizations in a Latin America country. The study found that the governance of NGOs is impacted by temporary governance derived from projects. In turn, the projects are circumvented by aspects of compliance and enforcement through pressure from donors, and transferring donor management processes to NGOs produces two shadows over NGOs: (a) there is a public organizations’ influence of laws, norms and actions of state decentralization that demands NGOs to organize themselves like the State; and, (b) on the corporate donors side, an organization aligned with business is required. |
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