Comparison across borders: an emergent picture of academic and community connections in the nonprofit sector in Canada and the US
Dr. Peter Weber
The paper investigates the institutionalization of nonprofit and philanthropic studies through an analysis of the characteristics of nonprofit management education. The purpose of the study is two-fold: (1) to compare the state of nonprofit education in C...
Covid-19 and Nonprofit Employee Vulnerability
Nonprofits are undoubtedly in the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the needs of the community in the mist of an unprecedented health, economic and social crisis requires nonprofits to pull all the stops especially in the relationship with e...
Reflection on AJOM’s Junior Faculty Fellowship: How to foster engagement and communication
In recognizing the persistent publishing challenge among Africanbased<br>scholars, the African Academy of Management (AFAM) and<br>the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) joined forces to explore<br>various alternatives to address the challenge. The creat...
Winning Formulas: characteristics of supportive academic centers and institutes
Dr. Peter Weber
The paper analyzes nonprofit research centers affiliated with the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council. As part of a broader research project investigating the institutionalization of nonprofit and philanthropic studies, the authors aim to identify the role...
Continuing to Build Knowledge: Undergraduate Nonprofit Programs in Institutions of Higher Learning
Dr. Peter Weber
As student demand for nonprofit management education (NME) grows, new program offerings proliferate. While longitudinal data tracks the development of graduate NME programs, their curricula and location, we know less about the trajectory of undergraduate ...
Undergraduate nonprofit education: Between Institutionalization and Recruitment
The colloquium aims to foster a discussion on the institutionalization of undergraduate nonprofit education. The Nonprofit Management Education database compiled by Roseanne Mirabella shows that undergraduate nonprofit programs (certificates, minors, and ...
Employment relations: how social unionism contributes to human capital development in nonprofit organizations
Dr. Kunle Akingbola
Advancing a people-first culture: HRM in nonprofit curricula
HRM and Employment Relations in Nonprofit Organizations: International Evidence from Research and Practice
The research explores the relationship between worker representation and roles of unions in Canadian nonprofit organizations. In our content analysis of labour relations and nonprofit journals, we find few published articles on the intersection of labour ...
"Building Knowledge: Positioning Nonprofit Programs in Institutions of Higher Learning,"
“Overcoming Advancement Barriers: Early Stage Exploration of the Utility of a Self-Directed Learning Model in the Nonprofit Sector in Kenya”
Sophie Bruas
Exploring self-directed learning as a model for career development: Kenyan Experience
Sophie Bruas
Self-directed learning (SDL) as an educational model and learning theory encourages the learner to identify their own needs based on individual goal setting, and promotes life-long learning in a supportive environment. Adult learning principles provide co...
Strategic HRM in the Non-profit Sector: Institutional Experience among Ngos in Kenya
Dr. Kunle Akingbola
Balancing Dual Roles of Researcher and Practitioner during Collaborative Field Research in the Development Sector – A Reflection on Practice
Recognition of Existing Governance Structures as a Constraint to Organizational Decision-Making in International Non-Governmental Organizations
Reframing the Role of INGOs: the Introduction of Partnership Agreements