Non-profit Institutions

Co-leads: Dr Tania Arrieta and Dr Katharine Venter

The research grouping on non-profit institutions focuses on the development and dissemination of knowledge related to the changing nature of non-profit organisations, the challenges they face, opportunities for the improvement of their practices, and implications for workers (volunteer and paid labour). Our research not only focus on the assessment of recent events; it also aims to understand how ongoing restructuring have affected these institutions’ practices. We work with a range of stakeholders, including public institutions (e.g., the NHS, Leicester City Council, Leicestershire County Council, the police service and adult social care) the third sector (e.g., charities), Trade Unions, and scholars from different institutions. 

Our research grouping adds value to the University’s strategic area of Research-inspired Education through our engagement with research activities and the development of research outputs to inform our teaching practice. Here, we encourage the participation of our students in some of our research activities to educate them about careers, employment, and volunteering within non-profit institutions. Furthermore, our research grouping adds value to the University’s strategic area of Our Citizens through the development of strong partnerships with non-profit and academic institutions.

People

• Dr Wen Wang
• Dr Katharine Venter
• Dr Reka Plugor
• Dr Chandrima Roy
• Dr AJ Earley
• Dr Tania Arrieta
• Oduntan Oluwagbemiga
• Yuhan Huang

Publications

Currie, D., McCracken, M. and Venter, K. (2022) Avoiding the Vicious Cycle, Engendering the Virtuous Circle: Understanding the Interaction of human, social and organizational capitals in Non-Profit Organizations. Journal of Business Research, 152: 17-28.

Venter, K. (2022) Betwixt and Between: The Invisible Experiences of Volunteers’ body work. Work, Employment and Society, 36(5): 911-927

Baines, D., Cunningham, I., James, P. and Roy, C. (2021) Privatizing the sacrifice: individualized funding, austerity and precarity in the voluntary sector in Australia and Scotland. In S. McBride, B. Evans and D. Plehwe (Ed.), The Changing Politics and Policy of Austerity. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 82 -102. (Book Chapter)

Cunningham, I., Lindsay, C., and Roy, C. (2021) Diaries from the front line - Formal supervision and job quality among social care workers during austerity. Human Resource Management Journal, 31(1): 187-201.

Wang, W. and Seifert, R. (2022) The end of meaningful work in charities? A case study of ethics in employee relations, Journal of Business Ethics, 181(1): 1-14.

Wang W., Bamber, M., Flynn, M; and McCormack. J., (2023). The Next Mission: Inequality and Service-to- civilian Career Transition Outcomes among 50+ Military Leavers, Human Resource Management Journal, 33 (2), 452-469

Tamassy, R., Gering, Zs., Kiraly, G., Plugor, R. and Rakovics, M. (2023) The portrayal of the role and agency of students and higher education institutions in highly ranked business school discourses. Journal of International Education in Business. Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-09-2022-0064

Foureaux Koppensteiner, M., Matheson, J. and Plugor, R. (2023) Improving access to support services for victims of domestic violence: demand for services and victim outcomes. Forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.

Wang, W. and Seifert, R. (2020) BAME staff and public service motivation: the mediating role of perceived fairness in English local government, Journal of Business Ethics, 161(3): 653-664.

Arrieta, T. (2022) 'An assessment of the resilience of local government in England: was it well-equipped to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic? The Political Quarterly, 93(3): 408-415.

Arrieta, T. (2022) 'Austerity in the UK and its legacy: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic', Economic and Labour Relations Review, 33(2): 238-255.

Selected events

• Participation in the Festival of Science (FoSs) 2023-24 with our project ‘You Need to See This: Realities of Public Service Work Today’. Project funded by the ESCR Impact Accelerator Account.
• Two knowledge-exchange events with medical doctors in November 2023 and February 2024 (Funded by the British Academy).
• One Policy Dialogue Day with Senior Leaders from NHS Trusts, Health Education England, GMC, etc. This event will be in Aril/May in 2024 (Funded by IAA ESRC).