Web-Based Accountability for Nonprofits: Environmental Quality Protection and Beautification Category

Web-Based Accountability for Nonprofits: Youth Development Organizations

“…The methodology employed by Slatten et al (2016) in the study of the arts, culture, and humanities sector and Stevens et al (2018) in studying the environmental quality protection and beautification category was adopted for use in this study. This study therefore utilizes exactly the same methodology (with the same independent and dependent variables, and the same analysis techniques) employed by these previous studies.…”

“…The present research seeks to extend previous studies (Saxton & Guo, 2011;Slatten et al, 2016;Stevens et al, 2018) by applying the same methodology to a new sample of NPOs in a different sector (youth development). As in these previous studies, the direction (either positive or negative) of each relationship between independent and dependent variable can be stated as in hypotheses that are presented below.…”

“…As in these previous studies, the direction (either positive or negative) of each relationship between independent and dependent variable can be stated as in hypotheses that are presented below. Stevens et al (2018), Slatten et al (2016), and Saxton and Guo (2011) can be referenced for specific details on the derivation of the hypotheses and for more discussion on the rationale for these hypotheses. The following hypotheses are offered.…”

“…Many NPOs are now using websites as a medium for such things as building trust, engaging stakeholders, and improving responsiveness. According to Stevens, Guidry Hollier, and Slatten (2018), web accountability is a measure of the amount of information that is publicly available to stakeholders and potential donors from an organization's website.…”

“…The present study continues the investigation using a set of common variables and hypotheses that have been evaluated in various nonprofit sectors. Specifically, the model employed by Slatten, Guidry Hollier, Stevens, Austin, and Carson (2016) in the study of the arts, culture and humanities sector and Stevens et al (2018) in studying the environmental quality protection and beautification category was adopted for use in this study. WBA and the independent variables are discussed in the methodology section and more detailed descriptions of each are provided in Appendix B.…”