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Nonprofit Leaders and their Organizations: Routes to and Repertoires for Effectiveness

LaBelle, Antoinette E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568731826882939

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2010, Doctor of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
A leadership crisis in the nonprofit sector looms. “Crossovers” from the for profit sector present an alternative source of CEO talent but a dearth of empirical research about sector boundary crossing has limited our understanding about the effects of leader origin on organizational performance. Twenty-one in depth interviews with crossover CEOs and those hired from within the nonprofit sector revealed similar rather than dissimilar transition entry processes and early work approaches. We further surveyed 631 leaders who had crossed one to three boundaries – sector, organization and/or position – into top U.S. nonprofit jobs. Our analysis of combinations of leader experience including sector path, recent origin and role shift again revealed – regardless of boundary ? striking similarities rather than stark differences in how nonprofit CEOs lead. However, the effects of leaders’ sector experience and diversity of experience on behavioral repertoires and organizational culture were significant, suggesting variety of experience trumps single sector experience (whether for- profit or nonprofit) as the most salient criterion for nonprofit CEO selection. Implications for practice and recommendations for future research are noted.
Sheri J. Perelli, D.M. (Advisor)
Paul Salipante, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Antoinette M. Somers, Ph.D (Advisor)
Organizational Behavior
nonprofit leaders; prior socialization; behavioral repertoire; Competing Values Framework; boundary crossing

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  • LaBelle, A. E. (2010). Nonprofit Leaders and their Organizations: Routes to and Repertoires for Effectiveness [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568731826882939

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • LaBelle, Antoinette. Nonprofit Leaders and their Organizations: Routes to and Repertoires for Effectiveness. 2010. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568731826882939.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • LaBelle, Antoinette. "Nonprofit Leaders and their Organizations: Routes to and Repertoires for Effectiveness." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568731826882939

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