What contributes to the sustainability of self-organized non-profit collaboration in disaster relief？A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Issue 3 (4th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tang, Guijuan; Wang, Feng
• Is Part Of: Public management review. Volume 24:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 466
• Page End: 488
• Publication Date: 2022-03-04
• Subjects: Sustainability -- self-organized non-profit collaboration -- disaster Relief -- fsQCA; Local government -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Periodicals; 351.05
• DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2020.1834608
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1471-9037

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study explores how intra-alliance factors (size, resource constraints, mission nature, operating mechanisms) and contextual factors combine to contribute to the sustainability of self-organized non-profit collaboration in disaster relief. A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis was used to analyze 17 non-profit collaborations that emerged after the 2008 Wenchuan and 2013 Lushan earthquakes in China. The findings show that the absence of political pressure (a contextual factor) and having a formal contract-based operating mechanism (an intra-alliance factor) are two necessary conditions for a sustainable non-profit collaboration, and two configurations are identified to contribute to a high degree of sustainability for non-profit collaboration.