scholarly journals Competition or collaboration? Preliminary results of a survey of women’s voluntary organizations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Ideal

This study examines the impact of current social, political and economic changes on women’s voluntary organizations. Thirty eight leaders of women’s voluntary organizations from across Canada were interviewed. Our findings show that although there is a sense of increased competition for scarce dollars, the favoured solutions do not focus on competitive strategies. Rather, collaboration is held up as the ideal. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals Competition or collaboration? Preliminary results of a survey of women’s voluntary organizations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Ideal

This study examines the impact of current social, political and economic changes on women’s voluntary organizations. Thirty eight leaders of women’s voluntary organizations from across Canada were interviewed. Our findings show that although there is a sense of increased competition for scarce dollars, the favoured solutions do not focus on competitive strategies. Rather, collaboration is held up as the ideal. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals The evolving relationship between government and the voluntary sector in Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster ◽  
Ida Berger ◽  
Louise Moher
Keyword(s):  
Third Sector ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Funding Cuts

[First paragraph of Introduction]: In this paper, we investigate the evolving relationship between government and voluntary organizations in Ontario that is occurring in the wake of a prolonged period of funding cuts. The cuts are a manifestation of a major philosophical shift in government-third sector relations. We have already examined the impact of this shift on voluntary organizations in several papers (Foster and Meinhard, 2002; Meinhard and Foster, 2003a & b). We now turn our attention to the government sector and its vision for the future. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals The evolving relationship between government and the voluntary sector in Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster ◽  
Ida Berger ◽  
Louise Moher
Keyword(s):  
Third Sector ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Funding Cuts

[First paragraph of Introduction]: In this paper, we investigate the evolving relationship between government and voluntary organizations in Ontario that is occurring in the wake of a prolonged period of funding cuts. The cuts are a manifestation of a major philosophical shift in government-third sector relations. We have already examined the impact of this shift on voluntary organizations in several papers (Foster and Meinhard, 2002; Meinhard and Foster, 2003a & b). We now turn our attention to the government sector and its vision for the future. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals Responses of Canada’s voluntary organizations to shifts in social policy: a provincial perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Policy Shifts ◽  
Recent Policy

[First paragraph of Introduction]: Many observers have written about the philosophical shift in Canadian politics and social policy in the last decades of the 20th century while others have looked at its impact on the voluntary sector - the traditional deliverers of Canada's social programs. In this paper we explore the responses of 645 voluntary organizations to the recent policy shifts. First, we examine organizations’ perceptions of and responses to these policy shifts. Then we compare differences in attitudes and actions among the provinces. Finally, we ascertain the role of economic, political, social and cultural heritage in explaining the relationship between provincial governments and the third sector. While there are national forces and trends that affect the voluntary sector, each province in Canada has a unique economic, political and cultural history that affects attitudes, actions and policy choices. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals Civic Engagement, Social Cohesion and Social Integration in Toronto,Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ida Berger ◽  
Mary Foster ◽  
Agnes Meinhard
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Demand Growth ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Knowledge Policy

The voluntary sector has long been seen as the foundation of a healthy civil society (DeTocqueville, 1961; Leonard & Onyx, 2003). Yet, substantial growth in the last two decades in demand for voluntary sector services in Canada has been accompanied by a significant reduction in government resources supporting the sector’s activities (Browne, 1996). This confluence of demand growth and decreased governmental support has resulted in increased competition among voluntary organizations for both capital and human resources (Meinhard & Foster, 2000). Furthermore, the ethnic transformation of Canadian society has raised knowledge, policy and practical issues across all sectors, including the voluntary sector. These conditions have pushed many in the voluntary sector to reach beyond their traditional bases of support to consider hitherto untapped segments of society, and have pushed governments to rely more and more on the voluntary sector for the development of social integration. However, research on the Canadian voluntary sector, particularly with a cross-cultural lens, is a relatively new research domain, with many gaps in the knowledge base. As a starting point, Berger (2004) and Berger & Azaria (2004) have proposed, tested and supported a framework that traces the relationship between sub-group identity and volunteering, as mediated by attitudes, norms and social barriers. In this paper we extend this framework and consider the role of civic engagement in processes of social cohesion and social integration. We use the 2002 Ethnic Diversity Survey (EDS) to investigate how engagement in the voluntary sector contributes to the development of both bonding and bridging social cohesion, and thereby, social integration. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals The process of institutional isomorphism in Ontario’s voluntary sector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster ◽  
Ida Berger
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Institutional Isomorphism ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Funding Cuts

In this paper, we investigate the evolving relationship that is occurring in the wake of a prolonged period of funding cuts, between government and voluntary organizations in Ontario. Interviews with government officials delineate a process of formal and informal coercive isomorphism to bring about desired behaviours in voluntary organizations. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals Women's organizations are different: their response to shifts in Canadian policy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Food Banks ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In

[Paragraph 1 of Introduction]: There are an estimated 200,000 nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations in Canada today offering a wide array of services to all segments of the population, ranging from food banks, women’s shelters, children’s aid societies, and immigrant service organizations to environmental protection agencies, opera companies and sporting societies (Browne, 1996). A significant, but unknown, percentage of voluntary organizations are led by women and governed by boards that are predominantly made up of women. Despite the 2 pervasiveness of these organizations, there has been little research focusing on them. We seek to redress this neglect by comparing 351 women’s voluntary organizations to 294 ‘other’ (gender neutral) voluntary organizations. Specifically, this paper investigates whether there are differences in attitudes, behaviours and perceptions between the leaders of women’s voluntary organizations and the leaders of ‘other’ voluntary organizations regarding: 1) perceptions of the environment; 2) outlook for the future; 3) perceptions of the impact of the external environment on the organization; 4) organizational changes made in response to environmental pressures; and 5) collaborative behaviour and attitudes. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals The impact of volunteer community service programs on students in Toronto's secondary schools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary K. Meinhard Agnes G. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Nonprofit Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
The Impact

[First paragraph of introduction]: One of the many challenges facing the nonprofit sector in Canada today is developing public awareness of the important role voluntary organizations play in the everyday lives of Canadians. Ranging from food banks, children’s aid societies, and immigrant service organizations, to opera companies and sporting societies, nonprofit and voluntary organizations offer a startlingly wide array of services which cannot be adequately provided directly through the open marketplace or the state. There are approximately 200,000 nonprofit organizations, 75,000 of which are registered charities. They account for 12% of the country’s GDP employing 5% of the national labour force and comprising nearly 10% of service sector employment (Stewart, 1996). In the past five years this sector accounted for 13% of job growth in Canada (Hall, 1996). The value of donated labour output was 13 billion dollars (Day and Devlin, 1996), representing an estimated half a million full time, full year jobs (Duchesne, 1989). Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals The process of institutional isomorphism in Ontario’s voluntary sector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster ◽  
Ida Berger
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Institutional Isomorphism ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Funding Cuts

In this paper, we investigate the evolving relationship that is occurring in the wake of a prolonged period of funding cuts, between government and voluntary organizations in Ontario. Interviews with government officials delineate a process of formal and informal coercive isomorphism to bring about desired behaviours in voluntary organizations. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

scholarly journals Women’s voluntary organizations and the restructuring of Canada’s voluntary sector: a theoretical perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mark K. Foster
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
The Past ◽  
Increased Pressure

Creative and innovative strategies will be required as voluntary organizations find themselves under increased pressure in response to changes in their relationship with government funders. In the past, women’s voluntary organizations shaped the character of the voluntary sector; similarly today, they may be the harbingers of future trends. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

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