Brazilian Nonprofit Organizations and the New Legal Framework: an Institutional Perspective

The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of the new Brazilian legislation regulating partnerships between the State and Civil Society (Nonprofit) Organizations between 1999 and 2002. The passing of Law No. 9790/99 – known as the Nonprofit Law – created the legal concept of Organizações...

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Main Authors: Mário Aquino Alves, Natália Massaco Koga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD) 2006-07-01
Series:BAR: Brazilian Administration Review
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Online Access:http://www.anpad.org.br/periodicos/arq_pdf/a_598.pdf
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description The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of the new Brazilian legislation regulating partnerships between the State and Civil Society (Nonprofit) Organizations between 1999 and 2002. The passing of Law No. 9790/99 – known as the Nonprofit Law – created the legal concept of Organizações da Sociedade Civil de Interesse Público – OSCIPs (Public Interest Civil Society Organizations). Based on an exploratory survey, this study, using the Institutional Theory, allowed the analysis of how older organizations (NGOs and traditional social benefit organizations) resisted to the adoption of the OSCIP standard due to organizational inertia, while acceptance of the model was greater among younger organizations, in a clear coercive and normative isomorphic development.
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spelling doaj.art-96d39f9c9ac449d59bc54a6e5941a3a12023-01-02T20:56:54ZengAssociação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Administração (ANPAD)BAR: Brazilian Administration Review1807-76922006-07-01326883Brazilian Nonprofit Organizations and the New Legal Framework: an Institutional PerspectiveMário Aquino AlvesNatália Massaco KogaThe purpose of this study is to understand the impact of the new Brazilian legislation regulating partnerships between the State and Civil Society (Nonprofit) Organizations between 1999 and 2002. The passing of Law No. 9790/99 – known as the Nonprofit Law – created the legal concept of Organizações da Sociedade Civil de Interesse Público – OSCIPs (Public Interest Civil Society Organizations). Based on an exploratory survey, this study, using the Institutional Theory, allowed the analysis of how older organizations (NGOs and traditional social benefit organizations) resisted to the adoption of the OSCIP standard due to organizational inertia, while acceptance of the model was greater among younger organizations, in a clear coercive and normative isomorphic development.http://www.anpad.org.br/periodicos/arq_pdf/a_598.pdfinstitutional theorynonprofit sectororganization inertia.
spellingShingle Mário Aquino Alves
Natália Massaco Koga
Brazilian Nonprofit Organizations and the New Legal Framework: an Institutional Perspective
BAR: Brazilian Administration Review
institutional theory
nonprofit sector
organization inertia.
title Brazilian Nonprofit Organizations and the New Legal Framework: an Institutional Perspective
title_full Brazilian Nonprofit Organizations and the New Legal Framework: an Institutional Perspective
title_fullStr Brazilian Nonprofit Organizations and the New Legal Framework: an Institutional Perspective
title_full_unstemmed Brazilian Nonprofit Organizations and the New Legal Framework: an Institutional Perspective
title_short Brazilian Nonprofit Organizations and the New Legal Framework: an Institutional Perspective
title_sort brazilian nonprofit organizations and the new legal framework an institutional perspective
topic institutional theory
nonprofit sector
organization inertia.
url http://www.anpad.org.br/periodicos/arq_pdf/a_598.pdf
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