Kristina Jaskyte
Biographic Data
| ID | 213743 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristina Jaskyte |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaskyte |
| SIGNATURE | JASKYTE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0571-8620 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Employees’ Attitudes and Values toward Creativity, Work Environment, and Job Satisfaction in Human Service Employees
Work values, which describe what employees seek from their jobs and which parts of their jobs are important to them, have been linked to employees’ response to work situations, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. One work value that has not received adequate attention when exploring the link between work values and employees’ work-related outcomes is creativity. This paper reports the results of a study that sought to fill this gap b…
A Value-Critical Policy Analysis of Georgia’s Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Standard of Proof of Intellectual Disability
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Atkins v. Virginia decision barred the execution of persons with intellectual disability, but provided minimal specification regarding adjudication. One exception to the lack of instruction was the recommendation that states generally conform to accepted clinical practice and norms, positioning professional associations to take an important role in this discourse. This study uses Chambers and Wedel’s value-critical method…
Board Attributes and Processes, Board Effectiveness, and Organizational Innovation: Evidence from Nonprofit Organizations
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between boards of directors and innovation in nonprofit organizations. The results showed that not only board attribute variables and board process variables were directly related to innovation, but they also had a potential to affect innovation and capacity for innovation indirectly—through board effectiveness. Board culture (critical questioning), social capital (structural and cognitive…
Voluntary Membership and Well-Being of Nonprofit, Government, and Business Employees
While the benefits the volunteers offer nonprofit organizations are substantial, they can also cause problems for these groups. In an environment where people willingly donate their time and energy to a cause that they ostensibly support, why is disruptive behavior so common? This ethnographic study of volunteers at an animal shelter identifies the factors that lead to problematic behavior. The paper argues that disruptions occur when there is a …
Board of Directors and Innovation in Nonprofit Organizations Model: Preliminary Evidence from Nonprofit Organizations in Developing Countries
Innovation is critical for nonprofit organizations’ effective response to changing environmental conditions. While the board of directors, which has the ultimately responsibility for leadership and governance of nonprofit organizations, is in a position to facilitate the development of such capacity, theoretical and empirical literature on this link is very limited and originates primarily in developed world countries, limiting its generalizabili…
Perceived Characteristics of Innovative Nonprofit and Government Organizations in S outh K orea, C hina, and A rgentina
This article describes the characteristics of innovative organizations as perceived by employees of nonprofit and government organizations in three quite different countries, S outh K orea, C hina, and A rgentina. A total of 44 employees participated in the studies (13 from S outh K orea; 16 from C hina; and 13 from A rgentina). At the first stage of the study they were asked to free list characteristics of innovative organizations. At the second…
Predictors of Administrative and Technological Innovations in Nonprofit Organizations
This study examines the effects of human and structural/process factors on two types of innovation—administrative and technological—in a sample of nonprofit organizations. The results indicate that factors that are favorable to administrative innovations differ from those that are conducive to technological innovation. Three variables are significant predictors of administrative innovation: centralization, transformational leadership, and the exe…
Organizational factors, leadership practices, and adoption of technological and administrative innovations: An exploratory study of Lithuanian nonprofit social service organizations Organizaciniai fak…
This exploratory study sought to describe the types of innovations implemented by Lithuanian nonprofit social service organizations, their leadership practices and organizational cultures. It also assessed the relationships among organizational innovation, leadership, organizational culture, and size. Thirty-five nonprofit organizations in Kaunas, Lithuania, constituted the sample. Technological product innovation was by far the most often implem…
Determinants of Employee Creativity: A Survey of Lithuanian Nonprofit Organizations
Building on the current creativity literature, the authors developed and tested a model of employee creativity in a sample of Lithuanian nonprofit organizations. It was hypothesized that individual cognitive style, intrinsic motivation, leadership behaviors, job design, cultural norms of diversity, and work group relations would be related to employee creativity. Sixty nonprofit organizations were randomly sampled from the Database of Lithuanian …
Organizational innovation: A comparison of nonprofit human-service organizations in Lithuania and the United States
English This article examines the correlatesof innovativeness in nonprofit human-service organizations of Lithuania and the United States. The study assesses the relationships between innovativeness, organizational culture and leadership in 40 organizations (19 in the United States and 21 in Lithuania). Results are discussed along with implications for social work practice. French Cet article examine l'innovation entre les organismes de services …
The National Science Foundation: Funding Opportunities for Social Workers
This article introduces the National Science Foundation as a potential funding source for social work researchers and describes the experience of one faculty member in seeking funding from this source. The author provides an overview of the foundation, discusses its programmatic structure, proposal preparation, selection criteria, and review process, and presents a summary of a successfully funded proposal
Characteristics of Innovative Nonprofit Organizations in Argentina
The purpose of this study was to discover the characteristics of innovative organizations as perceived by employees of Argentine nonprofit organizations. The free listing technique, adapted from the field of cognitive anthropology, was used to achieve this task. Fifteen representatives of a variety of Argentinean nonprofit organizations participated in the study. Among the highest rated characteristics were: searching for new ways, solutions, and…
Studying Culture as an Integral Aggregate Variable: Organizational Culture and Innovation in a Group of Nonprofit Organizations
The appropriate level of analysis for the study of culture has been contested. There is a tradition of conceptualizing culture apart from the individuals who interact within a society. Alternately, there is a tradition of seeing culture only in the minds of individuals in society. The authors’ contention is that there is no choice here; both perspectives are valid and can be integrated within a single framework. Borrowing the concept of integral …
Studying Culture as an Integral Aggregate Variable: Organizational Culture and Innovation in a Group of Nonprofit Organizations
The appropriate level of analysis for the study of culture has been contested. There is a tradition of conceptualizing culture apart from the individuals who interact within a society. Alternately, there is a tradition of seeing culture only in the minds of individuals in society. The authors’ contention is that there is no choice here; both perspectives are valid and can be integrated within a single framework. Borrowing the concept of integral …
Board of Directors and Innovation in Nonprofit Organizations Model: Preliminary Evidence from Nonprofit Organizations in Developing Countries
Innovation is critical for nonprofit organizations’ effective response to changing environmental conditions. While the board of directors, which has the ultimately responsibility for leadership and governance of nonprofit organizations, is in a position to facilitate the development of such capacity, theoretical and empirical literature on this link is very limited and originates primarily in developed world countries, limiting its generalizabili…
Organizational innovation: A comparison of nonprofit human-service organizations in Lithuania and the United States
English This article examines the correlatesof innovativeness in nonprofit human-service organizations of Lithuania and the United States. The study assesses the relationships between innovativeness, organizational culture and leadership in 40 organizations (19 in the United States and 21 in Lithuania). Results are discussed along with implications for social work practice. French Cet article examine l'innovation entre les organismes de services …
Board Attributes and Processes, Board Effectiveness, and Organizational Innovation: Evidence from Nonprofit Organizations
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between boards of directors and innovation in nonprofit organizations. The results showed that not only board attribute variables and board process variables were directly related to innovation, but they also had a potential to affect innovation and capacity for innovation indirectly—through board effectiveness. Board culture (critical questioning), social capital (structural and cognitive…
Characteristics of Innovative Nonprofit Organizations in Argentina
The purpose of this study was to discover the characteristics of innovative organizations as perceived by employees of Argentine nonprofit organizations. The free listing technique, adapted from the field of cognitive anthropology, was used to achieve this task. Fifteen representatives of a variety of Argentinean nonprofit organizations participated in the study. Among the highest rated characteristics were: searching for new ways, solutions, and…
Voluntary Membership and Well-Being of Nonprofit, Government, and Business Employees
While the benefits the volunteers offer nonprofit organizations are substantial, they can also cause problems for these groups. In an environment where people willingly donate their time and energy to a cause that they ostensibly support, why is disruptive behavior so common? This ethnographic study of volunteers at an animal shelter identifies the factors that lead to problematic behavior. The paper argues that disruptions occur when there is a …
Determinants of Employee Creativity: A Survey of Lithuanian Nonprofit Organizations
Building on the current creativity literature, the authors developed and tested a model of employee creativity in a sample of Lithuanian nonprofit organizations. It was hypothesized that individual cognitive style, intrinsic motivation, leadership behaviors, job design, cultural norms of diversity, and work group relations would be related to employee creativity. Sixty nonprofit organizations were randomly sampled from the Database of Lithuanian …
The National Science Foundation: Funding Opportunities for Social Workers
This article introduces the National Science Foundation as a potential funding source for social work researchers and describes the experience of one faculty member in seeking funding from this source. The author provides an overview of the foundation, discusses its programmatic structure, proposal preparation, selection criteria, and review process, and presents a summary of a successfully funded proposal
Characteristics of Innovative Nonprofit Organizations in Argentina
The purpose of this study was to discover the characteristics of innovative organizations as perceived by employees of Argentine nonprofit organizations. The free listing technique, adapted from the field of cognitive anthropology, was used to achieve this task. Fifteen representatives of a variety of Argentinean nonprofit organizations participated in the study. Among the highest rated characteristics were: searching for new ways, solutions, and…
Studying Culture as an Integral Aggregate Variable: Organizational Culture and Innovation in a Group of Nonprofit Organizations
The appropriate level of analysis for the study of culture has been contested. There is a tradition of conceptualizing culture apart from the individuals who interact within a society. Alternately, there is a tradition of seeing culture only in the minds of individuals in society. The authors’ contention is that there is no choice here; both perspectives are valid and can be integrated within a single framework. Borrowing the concept of integral …
Organizational factors, leadership practices, and adoption of technological and administrative innovations: An exploratory study of Lithuanian nonprofit social service organizations Organizaciniai fak…
This exploratory study sought to describe the types of innovations implemented by Lithuanian nonprofit social service organizations, their leadership practices and organizational cultures. It also assessed the relationships among organizational innovation, leadership, organizational culture, and size. Thirty-five nonprofit organizations in Kaunas, Lithuania, constituted the sample. Technological product innovation was by far the most often implem…
Determinants of Employee Creativity: A Survey of Lithuanian Nonprofit Organizations
Building on the current creativity literature, the authors developed and tested a model of employee creativity in a sample of Lithuanian nonprofit organizations. It was hypothesized that individual cognitive style, intrinsic motivation, leadership behaviors, job design, cultural norms of diversity, and work group relations would be related to employee creativity. Sixty nonprofit organizations were randomly sampled from the Database of Lithuanian …
Organizational innovation: A comparison of nonprofit human-service organizations in Lithuania and the United States
English This article examines the correlatesof innovativeness in nonprofit human-service organizations of Lithuania and the United States. The study assesses the relationships between innovativeness, organizational culture and leadership in 40 organizations (19 in the United States and 21 in Lithuania). Results are discussed along with implications for social work practice. French Cet article examine l'innovation entre les organismes de services …
Predictors of Administrative and Technological Innovations in Nonprofit Organizations
This study examines the effects of human and structural/process factors on two types of innovation—administrative and technological—in a sample of nonprofit organizations. The results indicate that factors that are favorable to administrative innovations differ from those that are conducive to technological innovation. Three variables are significant predictors of administrative innovation: centralization, transformational leadership, and the exe…
Perceived Characteristics of Innovative Nonprofit and Government Organizations in S outh K orea, C hina, and A rgentina
This article describes the characteristics of innovative organizations as perceived by employees of nonprofit and government organizations in three quite different countries, S outh K orea, C hina, and A rgentina. A total of 44 employees participated in the studies (13 from S outh K orea; 16 from C hina; and 13 from A rgentina). At the first stage of the study they were asked to free list characteristics of innovative organizations. At the second…
Board of Directors and Innovation in Nonprofit Organizations Model: Preliminary Evidence from Nonprofit Organizations in Developing Countries
Innovation is critical for nonprofit organizations’ effective response to changing environmental conditions. While the board of directors, which has the ultimately responsibility for leadership and governance of nonprofit organizations, is in a position to facilitate the development of such capacity, theoretical and empirical literature on this link is very limited and originates primarily in developed world countries, limiting its generalizabili…
Voluntary Membership and Well-Being of Nonprofit, Government, and Business Employees
While the benefits the volunteers offer nonprofit organizations are substantial, they can also cause problems for these groups. In an environment where people willingly donate their time and energy to a cause that they ostensibly support, why is disruptive behavior so common? This ethnographic study of volunteers at an animal shelter identifies the factors that lead to problematic behavior. The paper argues that disruptions occur when there is a …
Board Attributes and Processes, Board Effectiveness, and Organizational Innovation: Evidence from Nonprofit Organizations
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between boards of directors and innovation in nonprofit organizations. The results showed that not only board attribute variables and board process variables were directly related to innovation, but they also had a potential to affect innovation and capacity for innovation indirectly—through board effectiveness. Board culture (critical questioning), social capital (structural and cognitive…
A Value-Critical Policy Analysis of Georgia’s Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Standard of Proof of Intellectual Disability
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Atkins v. Virginia decision barred the execution of persons with intellectual disability, but provided minimal specification regarding adjudication. One exception to the lack of instruction was the recommendation that states generally conform to accepted clinical practice and norms, positioning professional associations to take an important role in this discourse. This study uses Chambers and Wedel’s value-critical method…
Employees’ Attitudes and Values toward Creativity, Work Environment, and Job Satisfaction in Human Service Employees
Work values, which describe what employees seek from their jobs and which parts of their jobs are important to them, have been linked to employees’ response to work situations, organizational commitment, and job satisfaction. One work value that has not received adequate attention when exploring the link between work values and employees’ work-related outcomes is creativity. This paper reports the results of a study that sought to fill this gap b…
Political science (10 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)