The devil is in the details: Implementing secular outcome measurement methods in faith‐based organizations

Fischer, Robert L.

doi:10.1002/nml.51

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“…institutions. Religious entities have been socially and economically important, including providing schools, aid and assistance, undertaking investments, and building faith (for example, Cairns et al, 2007;Cowton, 2004;Fischer, 2004;Harris, 1998;Nelson, 1994). Case study research covers a range of periods, nations and beliefs (Cordery 2015).…”

Section: The Emergence Of the Field Since The Special Issuementioning

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Theological perspectives on accounting: worldviews don’t change overnight

McPhail

Cordery

2019

AAAJ

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Purpose: This paper reflects on the 2004 AAAJ Special Issue: 'Accounting and theology, an introduction: Initiating a dialogue between immediacy and eternity', the relative immediate impact of the call for papers and the relevance of the theme to address issues in accounting today and in the future.Design/methodology/approach: The paper is a reflection and is framed around three different modes of engagement with new perspectives as identified by Orlikowski (2015). These are religion as phenomenon, as perspective and as a worldview. We draw on Burrell and Morgan's (1979) framework in order to explore the ontological and epistemological blinkers that have limited our attempts to explore accounting from a theological perspective. Findings:The paper argues that historical and current structures can limit the manner in which accounting research uses theological perspectives. Indeed, the concerns of the initial special issue remain -that the contemporary economic and knowledge system is in crisis and alternative ways of questioning are required to understand and respond to this system. Research limitations/implications:As a reflection, this paper is subject to limitations of author bias relating to our beliefs, ethnicities and culture. We have sought to reduce these by drawing on a wide range of sources, critical analysis, and the input of feedback from other scholars. Nevertheless, the narrative of impact remains a continuing story.Originality/value: In drawing on both an original special issue guest editor and a scholar for whom the 2004 special issue has become a touchstone and springboard, this paper provides multiple viewpoints on the issue of accounting and theology.

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Section: The Emergence Of the Field Since The Special Issuementioning

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Theological perspectives on accounting: worldviews don’t change overnight

McPhail

Cordery

2019

AAAJ

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“…At the same time, many CGRPPS agencies had religious missions, and their dogmas might affect the staff's intervention approach with pregnant teenagers. There has been a closer partnership between governmental departments and religious organizations in welfare service provision during recent years (Cnaan 1999;Fischer 2004), and the issue of potential value conflicts should be addressed in practice and policy-making.…”

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A Multi-Method Evaluation of the Teen Pregnancy Hotline in Taiwan

Wei

Chen

et al. 2010

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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The present study examines the outputs and qualities of the thirteen teen pregnancy service hotlines in Taiwan that were funded by the Children's Bureau in 2004 and 2005. The evaluation was made through agency visits, focus groups, document reviews, call-in tests and the use of a management information system. The results show that the average number of calls was low, and one agency did not receive any calls during the time period examined. The quality of services varied, and the advice provided by the hotline staff was influenced by the value orientation of the agencies. Most callers were adult women, and the major services they received were information and emotional support. The service characteristics were heavily affected by the goals and routine tasks of the agencies as certain agencies applied their existing services to the program without assessing their fitness to the needs of the potential clients. Suggestions for service improvement are provided, including an islandwide hotline to be set up and operated by a single agency with high accountability. Implications for program monitoring and documentation, staff training and knowledge-sharing, and service advertisement and promotion are also discussed.

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“…Although multiple studies conclude that faith-based services are effective, relatively few aim to identify the specific faith components related to successful outcomes (Fischer, 2004;Fischer & Stelter, 2006;Ragan, 2004).…”

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The Difference of Faith: The Influence of Faith in Human Service Programs

Hugen

Venema

2009

Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social T

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Data from 1,110 privately funded human service programs show that programs with a faith component vary significantly as to how faith is conceptualized, presented to program participants, understood as related to how participants change, and included as a program outcome. Many of the study's participating programs are part of voluntary community organizations that are faith-based, run by staff and volunteers motivated by deeply held religious convictions, and seek to help people in need at the local level, most often with little public support. The study offers an important beginning step toward an empirically based conceptual classification of the type and degree of participant exposure to a faithrelated service component.

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The devil is in the details: Implementing secular outcome measurement methods in faith‐based organizations

Abstract: Faith-based organizations (FBOs)

Cited by 25 publications

References 12 publications

Theological perspectives on accounting: worldviews don’t change overnight

Theological perspectives on accounting: worldviews don’t change overnight

A Multi-Method Evaluation of the Teen Pregnancy Hotline in Taiwan

The Difference of Faith: The Influence of Faith in Human Service Programs

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