TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing Workplace Organization Design Based on Form of Ownership
T2 - Nonprofit, For-Profit, and Local Government
AU - Ben-Ner, Avner
AU - Ren, Ting
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2013.
PY - 2015/4/2
Y1 - 2015/4/2
N2 - This study offers hypotheses concerning differences in organization design among for-profit (FP), nonprofit (NP), and local government (LG) organizations. We empirically examine design in a sample of 105 Minnesota nursing homes, using data from an original survey. The findings generally support our hypotheses: (a) NP and LG nursing homes delegate more decision-making authority to their nurses than their FP counterparts, (b) NP and LG nurses enjoy greater efficiency wages than their FP counterparts, (c) NP homes rely more on the social networks of their employees to recruit new employees than FP and LG homes, (d) FP tend to use more performance-based incentives than NP and LG, and (e) there is little difference in the extent to which FP, NP, and LG homes monitor their nurses. The differences that we do detect are significant but are probably tempered by regulation, market competition, and institutional pressures for similarity.
AB - This study offers hypotheses concerning differences in organization design among for-profit (FP), nonprofit (NP), and local government (LG) organizations. We empirically examine design in a sample of 105 Minnesota nursing homes, using data from an original survey. The findings generally support our hypotheses: (a) NP and LG nursing homes delegate more decision-making authority to their nurses than their FP counterparts, (b) NP and LG nurses enjoy greater efficiency wages than their FP counterparts, (c) NP homes rely more on the social networks of their employees to recruit new employees than FP and LG homes, (d) FP tend to use more performance-based incentives than NP and LG, and (e) there is little difference in the extent to which FP, NP, and LG homes monitor their nurses. The differences that we do detect are significant but are probably tempered by regulation, market competition, and institutional pressures for similarity.
KW - decision-making
KW - local government
KW - nonprofit and for-profit comparison
KW - nursing homes
KW - organization design
KW - organization structure
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U2 - 10.1177/0899764013512422
DO - 10.1177/0899764013512422
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84926179785
SN - 0899-7640
VL - 44
SP - 340
EP - 359
JO - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
JF - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -