The changing relationship between the Chinese Government and Non-governmental Organisations in social service delivery: approaching partnership?

Gong, Han; Jiang, Haiyan; Leung, Janny

doi:10.1080/02185385.2018.1525762

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“…We speculate that the deficit in organizational capacity is related to the strong embedding of the government in China's approach to providing social services. First, previous research has found that the practice of purchasing services in the Chinese context is characterized by statism and strong government intervention, rather than by a liberal paradigm (Gong et al, 2019). Second, the Chinese government's role in social services for people with disabilities is awkward, with the government retaining the administrative role of the planned economy era but failing to succeed in its role as a responsible subsidy supervisor (Wang, 2009).…”

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Associations between psychological ownership and the service impact among Chinese disability support workers

Zheng

Jiang

Zhao

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Health Social Care Comm

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The issue of role ambiguity is pervasive among service providers (Judd et al., 2017). Role ambiguity refers to a lack of clarity in one's understanding of work assignments and performance (Kahn et al., 1964). For service providers, delivering human services relies on human-to-human interaction and therefore involves complex role relationships (Rai, 2016). Meanwhile, purchase-of-service contracts, i.e., contracts between the contractor and the service provider for services, can create ambiguity among workers about job roles (Schmid, 2013). Specifically, service providers may have a vague sense of whether they are serving a professional mission or serving the interests of the contractor (Cho, 2017;Schmid, 2013).Disability support workers (DSWs), who provide physical and emotional support to people with disabilities, often suffer from role ambiguity (Vassos & Nankervis, 2012). Because DSWs need to provide meticulous day-to-day care for people with disabilities, and multitasking can easily lead to role ambiguity (Vassos & Nankervis, 2012). Meanwhile, the purchased service contracts can also cause role ambiguity for DSWs (Zhao & Grotz, 2019). Taking China as an example, its purchasing services practice has strong government embeddedness. Specifically, the government as a

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Associations between psychological ownership and the service impact among Chinese disability support workers

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Jiang

Zhao

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China: From Ideological Focused Education to Professional Social Work Education

Chan

Leung

Min

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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education

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Social Organizations in Rural China: From Autonomy to Governance

Kan

2023

The China Quarterly

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This article examines the government purchase of social services in China as a window by which to investigate the evolving relations between the party-state and social organizations. Going beyond the conventional focus on state–non-governmental organization (NGO) dynamics in urban areas, we explore the expanded role of social organizations in rural service provision under state-led campaigns of rural modernization. Engaging with institutional theory and the consultative authoritarianism thesis, we argue that NGOs initially operated in an emerging organizational field where they exercised considerable autonomy in setting agendas and designing services. As the party-state's incentives to utilize and co-opt the social work profession grow, however, we observe a trend towards incorporation, wherein social workers now play a bigger role alongside the strengthening of state control over the sector. Through tracing the inception and eventual termination of a decade-long social service project in Guangdong, this article shows how state incorporation might undermine the future role of NGOs in rural development.

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The changing relationship between the Chinese Government and Non-governmental Organisations in social service delivery: approaching partnership?

Cited by 5 publications

References 37 publications

Associations between psychological ownership and the service impact among Chinese disability support workers

Associations between psychological ownership and the service impact among Chinese disability support workers

China: From Ideological Focused Education to Professional Social Work Education

Social Organizations in Rural China: From Autonomy to Governance

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