Competition and Sensegiving: Nonprofit Markets and Organizational Signaling
In this paper, we investigate how an organization’s position within its nonprofit marketplace influences how nonprofits convey images about themselves to their stakeholders. We discuss the nature of competition in the nonprofit sector and explore the different competitive positions that nonprofits...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Midwest Public Affairs Conference
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jpna.org/index.php/jpna/article/view/729 |
| Summary: | In this paper, we investigate how an organization’s position within its nonprofit marketplace influences how nonprofits convey images about themselves to their stakeholders. We discuss the nature of competition in the nonprofit sector and explore the different competitive positions that nonprofits find themselves in. We assess how this positionality affects the ways that nonprofits attempt to convey images, or senses, of themselves to external audiences. We find that these sensegiving approaches are affected by competition, particularly when considered together with the stage of the organization’s lifecycle.
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| ISSN: | 2381-3717 |