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Sustainability Perceptions in Romanian Non-Profit Organizations: An Exploratory Study Using Success Factor Analysis
- Source :
- Sustainability; Volume 10; Issue 2; Pages: 294, Sustainability, Vol 10, Iss 2, p 294 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2018.
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Abstract
- This paper analyses sustainability perceptions in Romanian non-profits by investigating 81 non-profits managers and board members. Using a multidimensional sustainability measurement framework, Success Factor Analysis, as a conceptual model, we measured perceptions on 5 critical sustainability factors: People, Business Model, Operations, Strategy and Culture and concluded that there are significant differences in the perceptions of sustainability depending on respondents’ previous failure experiences. While those which previously experienced failure adopt a long-term approach based on marketization, clear accountability standards and rely on strategy, while the others prefer a short-term approach, focused more on non-profits operations and focus on human resources.
- Subjects :
- sustainability of non-profits
sustainability measurement
success and failure
sustainability indicators
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lcsh:TJ807-830
Geography, Planning and Development
lcsh:Renewable energy sources
Exploratory research
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Business model
0502 economics and business
050602 political science & public administration
Marketing
Human resources
lcsh:Environmental sciences
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lcsh:GE1-350
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants
05 social sciences
0506 political science
lcsh:TD194-195
Sustainability
Accountability
Conceptual model
Sustainability measurement
Marketization
business
050203 business & management
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2135d98e37667224c476c67ee1fdc4f4