When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment.
In a context marked by a trend towards marketization and a rise in performance measures, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) suffer pressures to show that their activities have visible impacts. Based on the French pragmatist sociology’s Economies of Worth framework, we explore how NPOs may come to change...
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| Rochtain ar líne: | https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/351 |
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| author | Chantale Mailhot Valérie Michaud Sonia Tello-Rozas |
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| description | In a context marked by a trend towards marketization and a rise in performance measures, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) suffer pressures to show that their activities have visible impacts. Based on the French pragmatist sociology’s Economies of Worth framework, we explore how NPOs may come to change what they value and what is their fundamental purpose. More specifically, we delve into the process of valuation triggered by the intervention of consultants to help a NPO develop an impact evaluation tool aimed at legitimizing its actions. Our findings show how this process led to a complete redefinition of the NPO’s “theory of change”, ultimately distantiating the NPO from its initial, explicit purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60d29e97cfe549b6bee272cda5efbca82022-12-21T23:05:48ZengCanadian Centre for Studies in PublishingCanadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research1920-93552020-12-01112212110.29173/cjnser.2020v11n2a351299When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment.Chantale Mailhot0Valérie Michaud1Sonia Tello-Rozas2HEC MontréalESG UQAMESG-UQAMIn a context marked by a trend towards marketization and a rise in performance measures, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) suffer pressures to show that their activities have visible impacts. Based on the French pragmatist sociology’s Economies of Worth framework, we explore how NPOs may come to change what they value and what is their fundamental purpose. More specifically, we delve into the process of valuation triggered by the intervention of consultants to help a NPO develop an impact evaluation tool aimed at legitimizing its actions. Our findings show how this process led to a complete redefinition of the NPO’s “theory of change”, ultimately distantiating the NPO from its initial, explicit purposes.https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/351valuationimpact assessmenteconomies of worthnonprofit organization. |
| spellingShingle | Chantale Mailhot Valérie Michaud Sonia Tello-Rozas When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research valuation impact assessment economies of worth nonprofit organization. |
| title | When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment. |
| title_full | When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment. |
| title_fullStr | When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment. |
| title_full_unstemmed | When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment. |
| title_short | When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment. |
| title_sort | when the means modify the ends e valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment |
| topic | valuation impact assessment economies of worth nonprofit organization. |
| url | https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/351 |
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