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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Main Authors: Adonai José Lacruz, Ralf Luis de Moura, Alexandre Reis Rosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD) 2019-08-01
Series:BAR: Brazilian Administration Review
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Online Access:https://bar.anpad.org.br/index.php/bar/article/view/376/382
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spelling 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
BAR: Brazilian Administration Review
non-governmental organization
governance
agency theory
donations
author_facet Adonai José Lacruz
Ralf Luis de Moura
Alexandre Reis Rosa
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title Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations
title_short Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations
title_full Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations
title_fullStr Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations
title_full_unstemmed Organizing in the shadow of donors: How donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations
title_sort organizing in the shadow of donors: how donations market regulates the governance practices of sponsored projects in non-governmental organizations
publisher Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)
series BAR: Brazilian Administration Review
issn 1807-7692
publishDate 2019-08-01
description 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.
topic non-governmental organization
governance
agency theory
donations
url https://bar.anpad.org.br/index.php/bar/article/view/376/382
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