Taking Your Eyes Off the Objective: The Relationship Between Income Sources and Satisfaction with Achieving Objectives in the UK Third Sector

被引:22
作者
Thompson, Piers [1 ]
Williams, Robert [2 ]
机构
[1] Nottingham Trent Univ, Nottingham Business Sch, Nottingham NG1 4BU, England
[2] Cardiff Metropolitan Univ, Cardiff CF5 2YB, S Glam, Wales
来源
VOLUNTAS | 2014年 / 25卷 / 01期
关键词
Mission; Earned income; Public sector contracts; Hybridisation; SOCIAL ENTERPRISE; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; ORGANIZATIONS; POLICY;
D O I
10.1007/s11266-012-9326-5
中图分类号
D58 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
摘要
As a major funder of the Third Sector, recent cuts in UK Government spending may require Third Sector Organisations (TSOs) to turn to other sources of funding, such as trading activities and public sector contracts. It has been argued that such changes can lead to economic objectives overwhelming social ones. This study utilises data from the 2008 National Survey of Third Sector Organisations to examine the relationship between the use of these alternative funding sources and organisations' perceived success in achieving their primary objectives. As predicted by theory, a negative relationship between income from trading activities and achievement of objectives is found. Interestingly public sector contracts do not show a significant link with achievement of objectives. Social enterprise should therefore not be seen as an unqualified panacea for difficulties in social welfare provision in the UK, but public sector contracts need not necessarily lead to a loss of those elements that make the Third Sector provision attractive.
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页码:109 / 137
页数:29
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