Membership Organization's Social Capital and the Impact on Nonprofit Sector Management. Issue 10 (27th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Subedi, Meena; Farazmand, Ali
• Is Part Of: International journal of public administration. Volume 42:Issue 10(2019)
• Page Start: 880
• Page End: 892
• Publication Date: 2019-07-27
• Subjects: Organization social capital -- nonprofit -- membership organization -- government failure; Public administration -- Periodicals; 351.05
• DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2019.1599313
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0190-0692

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Social capital depicts the extent of mutual trust in a jurisdiction. This study examines the impact of organizational social capital (OSC) on nonprofit (NP) density. Prior studies have argued that OSC positively impacts the community and the organization itself. These studies are either theory- based or survey based. Few available empirical studies also do not examine the OSC of all the counties of the United States. This study overcomes these limitations and finds from the US county-level empirical study that social capital advanced in membership organizations is positively associated with the growth of NP density.