Knowledge Sharing for Sustainable Development: An Examination of Practices in Local-Level NGOs in Tamil Nadu, India

Langmann, Sten; Bezemer, Pieter–Jan; Pick, David

doi:10.1007/s11266-021-00348-4

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“…Building the capacity will be related to financial spending, reducing funds allocated to beneficiaries (Battilana et al 2013 ; Cheah et al 2019b ). A study found that smaller nonprofits might have financial and time constraints to build their capacity (Kim and Peng 2018 ; Langmann et al 2021 ).…”

Section: Bibliometric Analysismentioning

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Nonprofit capacity and social performance: mapping the field and future directions

2022

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Nonprofit organizations are critical actors in the Sustainable Development Goals as they provide a wide range of social services to the community and contribute to creating a sustainable future. They must compete for funding or government contracts by showing high social performance. Among the top factors influencing social performance is capacity, and it has received considerable attention in public and nonprofit literature. Capacity refers to the resources, capabilities, and practices required to perform their functions to achieve the social mission and high social performance. However, studies concerning capacity linked with social performance remain controversial. Understanding the linkage between capacity and social performance is relevant to funders, board directors, and management as it helps them enhance organizational performance. This research aims to assess the flow of knowledge in the study field and make recommendations for future research. The study focuses on capacity of nonprofits and thoroughly reviews the literature using complementary bibliometric analysis: co-occurrence analysis of keywords, sources, and authors and bibliographic coupling analysis of documents. We conduct a systematic analysis of peer-reviewed journal articles published between 1955 and 2022. Seven significant themes emerge among the most prominent researchers: (1) the link between capacity and social performance; (2) dimensions of capacity; (3) human resource capacity linked with social performance: (4) financial capacity linked with social performance; (5) capacity building linked with social performance; (6) collaboration and capacity; and (7) factors affecting capacity–social performance. The literature on nonprofits is determined to have inconsistent findings regarding the relationship between capacity and social performance. Research on various factors influencing capacity–social performance relationships is also scarce. This article highlights major principles in the discipline and identifies significant theoretical gaps in the body of knowledge. It also outlines the conceptual foundation for the study and makes recommendations for further research. From a managerial standpoint, the study sheds light on whether capacity is linked to higher performance levels and provides policymakers with guidelines on the implications of capacity building and collaboration.

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Section: Bibliometric Analysismentioning

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Nonprofit capacity and social performance: mapping the field and future directions

2022

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“…Previous research has found that small community health organizations face significant structural and resource challenges when collecting and sharing information, knowledge, and resources with local communities (36). The reliance of community health organizations on largely voluntary workforces is one obstacle to consistency (36) due to the loss of paid staff during times when financial resources are reduced (19). Another is having to adapt their programs because of shifting donor interests, government priorities, or funding opportunities (37).…”

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“…There are limitations to the effectiveness of the community health organization model. Previous research has found that small community health organizations face significant structural and resource challenges when collecting and sharing information, knowledge, and resources with local communities (36). The reliance of community health organizations on largely voluntary workforces is one obstacle to consistency (36) due to the loss of paid staff during times when financial resources are reduced (19).…”

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Exploring the role of community health organizations in promoting public health during a health crisis: a qualitative study of COVID-19 responses in South Africa and Zambia

Johnston,

Zhang Aluri,

Job

et al. 2023

Glob Health Promot

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While the COVID-19 pandemic amplified the need for accurate and actionable health information, uncertainty and the proliferation of misinformation have contributed to significant mistrust in public health messages, especially among marginalized communities. Community health organizations can play an important role in creating trust and providing targeted health information to vulnerable groups. This qualitative study, which is focused on community health organizations supporting vulnerable populations in South Africa and Zambia, finds that during the pandemic, community health organizations expanded their roles and leveraged their established access and trust to support the communities they serve with health education and services. However, the reliance on external support limits the organizations’ ability to respond in an effective and efficient manner during health crises.

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“…They are local in the sense that their members originate from the same community and their activities take place within this community. These organisations undertake activities related to the economic, environmental and social issues occurring at community level, within small, geographically delimited areas (Langman et al, 2021). They may have or may not have a legal status.…”

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Local development organisations in Saharan regions of North Africa: Expanding horizons

Hamamouche

Faysse

Kuper

et al. 2022

J of Intl Development

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Local development organisations are now widespread in rural regions of North Africa. In the past, these organisations were usually only involved in a few sector-specific activities. This study investigated the activities of 24 local development organisations in the Saharan regions of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The fields of action of these organisations have expanded in the past decade, thanks to their increased capacity to handle relations with other actors. They have become active in defining what development means at the local level, although public administrations do not yet acknowledge such a role.

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Knowledge Sharing for Sustainable Development: An Examination of Practices in Local-Level NGOs in Tamil Nadu, India

Cited by 5 publications

References 49 publications

Nonprofit capacity and social performance: mapping the field and future directions

Nonprofit capacity and social performance: mapping the field and future directions

Exploring the role of community health organizations in promoting public health during a health crisis: a qualitative study of COVID-19 responses in South Africa and Zambia

Local development organisations in Saharan regions of North Africa: Expanding horizons

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