TY - JOUR
T1 - Explaining Variations in the Nonprofit Founding Process
T2 - Founder and Organizational Factors
AU - Dollhopf, Erica J.
AU - Scheitle, Christopher P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Although the organizational founding process is subject to various isomorphic pressures, significant variation is still found in the completion, ordering, and timing of founding events. Prior research on entrepreneurship suggests the importance of education and previous experience in determining who is best positioned to recognize entrepreneurial opportunities, which may explain some of the variation in the founding process. In this article the authors present an analysis of an original survey of recently founded religious nonprofits to better understand how founder, organizational, and contextual characteristics influence the founding process in this specific nonprofit context. Overall, the authors’ findings show that founder education and experience particularly affect the founding process as well as organizational characteristics; however, these effects vary across different dimensions of this process.
AB - Although the organizational founding process is subject to various isomorphic pressures, significant variation is still found in the completion, ordering, and timing of founding events. Prior research on entrepreneurship suggests the importance of education and previous experience in determining who is best positioned to recognize entrepreneurial opportunities, which may explain some of the variation in the founding process. In this article the authors present an analysis of an original survey of recently founded religious nonprofits to better understand how founder, organizational, and contextual characteristics influence the founding process in this specific nonprofit context. Overall, the authors’ findings show that founder education and experience particularly affect the founding process as well as organizational characteristics; however, these effects vary across different dimensions of this process.
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U2 - 10.1002/nml.21248
DO - 10.1002/nml.21248
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85006039963
SN - 1048-6682
VL - 27
SP - 261
EP - 272
JO - Nonprofit Management and Leadership
JF - Nonprofit Management and Leadership
IS - 2
ER -