A Mixed Methods Examination of Nonprofit Board Chair Preferences in Hiring Executive Directors

Social Work Values in Human Services Administration: Implications for Social Work Education

“…Another important finding by Hoefer, Watson, and Murray (2013) is that nearly half (46%) of the board chairs prefer to hire from within their organization, about one third (37%) prefer to hire from outside and the rest (17%) had no preference. Thus a plurality of responding board chairs lean toward reaching into the other levels of administrators within their organization to select a new CEO.…”

“…Recent work by Hoefer, Watson, and Murray (2013) has raised the possibility that the view of the superior value of the MBA compared to the MSW is softening at least somewhat. In an extension of prior research, they surveyed board chairs of large nonprofit human services organi zations to ascertain their degree preferences for the top leaders in their organization.…”

“…A joint MSW/MPA degree received three votes (8%). Other received two votes (5%), and n/a was chosen by one respondent (3%; Hoefer, Watson, & Murray, 2013). The data from the cur rent study relating to which degree is best show results somewhat different from in the past.…”

Comparing the Ethical Code Implementation among Social Workers in Africa: Can Years of Experience Make a Difference?

“…Therefore, they revealed that the evolving of the ethical code should be based on its implementation, which increases the tension within ethics and performance. Hoefer et al's (2013) study elucidated that participants verified that effective ethical behaviour, having a workable official guidelines for everyday service, ethical concerns in relationship with clients' system in respect to diverse age groups. Thus, they assert that ethics encompasses the practice goals for managerial effectiveness was some of the reason chosen for the importance of ethics to job skills.…”

“…In summary, there is need for identification and implementable conversant practitioners having a workable guidelines and achievable right-ethical task mannered social workers (Quinn et al, 1991;Hoefer et al, 2013;Veldsman, 2012). Implementing ethical code during practice and as a way of life evolves ethically competent social workers, stimulates task conveyed professionally with ethical manner and the improvement of task poorly conveyed but ethically interwoven.…”