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标题：When the means modify the ends. (E)Valuating and transforming the purpose of a nonprofit organization through impact assessment.
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作者：Chantale Mailhot ; Valérie Michaud ; Sonia Tello-Rozas 等
期刊名称：Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
电子版ISSN：1920-9355
出版年度：2020
卷号：11
期号：2
页码：21-21
DOI：10.29173/cjnser.2020v11n2a351
出版社：Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing
摘要：In a context marked by a trend toward marketization and a rise in performance measures, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are under pressure to show that their activities have visible impacts. Based on the Economies of Worth framework derived from French pragmatist sociology, this article explores how NPOs may come to change what they value and their fundamental purpose. More specifically, it delves into the process of valuation triggered by the intervention of consultants who were retained to help an NPO develop an impact evaluation tool aimed at legitimizing its actions. The findings show how this process led to a complete redefinition of the NPO’s “theory of change,” ultimately distancing the NPO from its initial, explicit purposes.
其他摘要：In a context marked by a trend towards marketization and a rise in performance measures, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) suffer pressures to show that their activities have visible impacts. Based on the French pragmatist sociology’s Economies of Worth framework, we explore how NPOs may come to change what they value and what is their fundamental purpose. More specifically, we delve into the process of valuation triggered by the intervention of consultants to help a NPO develop an impact evaluation tool aimed at legitimizing its actions. Our findings show how this process led to a complete redefinition of the NPO’s “theory of change”, ultimately distantiating the NPO from its initial, explicit purposes.
关键词：valuation;impact assessment;Economies of Worth;nonprofit organization;