Florentine Maier
Biographic Data
| ID | 6180241 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florentine Maier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florentine |
| FAMILY NAME | Maier |
| SIGNATURE | MAIER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4687-4905 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From Home to Heaven
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11266-023-00603-w
Toward a Better Understanding of Social Origins Theory
Social origins theory explains variation between civil societies by power relations between socioeconomic classes and by path dependencies. There have been few systematic reflections on which dimensions of civil society depend on these factors and can thus be explained by the theory. With the help of a historical narrative of the eventful history of Vienna’s civil society, in which traditional, liberal, social democratic, statist, and corporatist…
How actors move from primary agency to institutional agency
This article contributes to the understanding of actors and agency in the theorization of institutional work. We analyse institutional work as a specific kind of social action that involves exercising institutional agency (with an articulate awareness of institutions) as opposed to primary agency (taking institutions for granted). We propose a conceptual framework for combining a view of actors, who have agency and may engage in institutional wor…
Methods for Classifying Nonprofit Organizations According to their Field of Activity
There are various methods for classifying nonprofit organizations (NPOs) according to their field of activity. We report our experiences using two semi-automated methods based on textual data: rule-based classification and machine learning with curated keywords. We use those methods to classify Austrian nonprofit organizations based on the International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations. Those methods can provide a solution to the widespr…
Paradoxes of Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) have alternatively been portrayed as a promising tool to improve the functioning of welfare systems, or as an instrument of neo‐liberalism that threatens to undermine them. Recently, a more nuanced understanding of the promises as well as pitfalls of SIBs has developed, as both practical experiences and published empirical evidence about implemented SIBs have increased in number. We aim to contribute to the development …
Nonprofit Organizations Becoming Business-Like
By now, the becoming business-like of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) is a well-established global phenomenon that has received ever-growing attention from management and organization studies. However, the field remains hard to grasp in its entirety, as researchers use a multitude of similar, yet distinct, key concepts. The considerable range and complexity of these overlapping notions create major challenges: Scholars struggle to position their w…
SROI as a Method for Evaluation Research
NPOs and their funders are increasingly drawn to the Social Return on Investment (SROI) method to evaluate the social impact of programs, organizations, or organization networks. While many claims about the benefits of SROI have been expressed, various points of criticism have also been raised. On the basis of both current research and our own experience in conducting SROI analyses, we develop a comprehensive assessment of this method, which is s…
Ökonomisierung und Kommerzialisierung der Gesellschaft
Die allgemeine Kritik an Kommerzialisierung und Ökonomisierung bleibt meist ebenso undifferenziert wie die gleichfalls verbreitete Affirmation beider im Namen der freien Marktwirtschaft. Den Kritikern von Ökonomisierungsprozessen dient der Begriff der Kommerzialisierung, um die Ausbreitung der ökonomischen Handlungslogik in verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen pauschal abzulehnen. Doch nur differenzierte Unterscheidungsmöglichkeiten können …
Managerialism and Beyond
Different disciplinary, theoretical, and empirical lenses have contributed to a kaleidoscopic picture of the governance of civil society organizations (CSOs). Most of the time, CSO governance is contrasted with corporate governance in business organizations; only rarely is the broad variety of CSOs taken into account. To widen this perspective, we develop an empirically grounded typology of five discourses of organization in CSOs: managerialist, …
Managerialism and Beyond
Different disciplinary, theoretical, and empirical lenses have contributed to a kaleidoscopic picture of the governance of civil society organizations (CSOs). Most of the time, CSO governance is contrasted with corporate governance in business organizations; only rarely is the broad variety of CSOs taken into account. To widen this perspective, we develop an empirically grounded typology of five discourses of organization in CSOs: managerialist, …
SROI as a Method for Evaluation Research
NPOs and their funders are increasingly drawn to the Social Return on Investment (SROI) method to evaluate the social impact of programs, organizations, or organization networks. While many claims about the benefits of SROI have been expressed, various points of criticism have also been raised. On the basis of both current research and our own experience in conducting SROI analyses, we develop a comprehensive assessment of this method, which is s…
Methods for Classifying Nonprofit Organizations According to their Field of Activity
There are various methods for classifying nonprofit organizations (NPOs) according to their field of activity. We report our experiences using two semi-automated methods based on textual data: rule-based classification and machine learning with curated keywords. We use those methods to classify Austrian nonprofit organizations based on the International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations. Those methods can provide a solution to the widespr…
Paradoxes of Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) have alternatively been portrayed as a promising tool to improve the functioning of welfare systems, or as an instrument of neo‐liberalism that threatens to undermine them. Recently, a more nuanced understanding of the promises as well as pitfalls of SIBs has developed, as both practical experiences and published empirical evidence about implemented SIBs have increased in number. We aim to contribute to the development …
From Home to Heaven
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11266-023-00603-w
Ökonomisierung und Kommerzialisierung der Gesellschaft
Die allgemeine Kritik an Kommerzialisierung und Ökonomisierung bleibt meist ebenso undifferenziert wie die gleichfalls verbreitete Affirmation beider im Namen der freien Marktwirtschaft. Den Kritikern von Ökonomisierungsprozessen dient der Begriff der Kommerzialisierung, um die Ausbreitung der ökonomischen Handlungslogik in verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen pauschal abzulehnen. Doch nur differenzierte Unterscheidungsmöglichkeiten können …
Managerialism and Beyond
Different disciplinary, theoretical, and empirical lenses have contributed to a kaleidoscopic picture of the governance of civil society organizations (CSOs). Most of the time, CSO governance is contrasted with corporate governance in business organizations; only rarely is the broad variety of CSOs taken into account. To widen this perspective, we develop an empirically grounded typology of five discourses of organization in CSOs: managerialist, …
Nonprofit Organizations Becoming Business-Like
By now, the becoming business-like of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) is a well-established global phenomenon that has received ever-growing attention from management and organization studies. However, the field remains hard to grasp in its entirety, as researchers use a multitude of similar, yet distinct, key concepts. The considerable range and complexity of these overlapping notions create major challenges: Scholars struggle to position their w…
SROI as a Method for Evaluation Research
NPOs and their funders are increasingly drawn to the Social Return on Investment (SROI) method to evaluate the social impact of programs, organizations, or organization networks. While many claims about the benefits of SROI have been expressed, various points of criticism have also been raised. On the basis of both current research and our own experience in conducting SROI analyses, we develop a comprehensive assessment of this method, which is s…
Paradoxes of Social Impact Bonds
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) have alternatively been portrayed as a promising tool to improve the functioning of welfare systems, or as an instrument of neo‐liberalism that threatens to undermine them. Recently, a more nuanced understanding of the promises as well as pitfalls of SIBs has developed, as both practical experiences and published empirical evidence about implemented SIBs have increased in number. We aim to contribute to the development …
Methods for Classifying Nonprofit Organizations According to their Field of Activity
There are various methods for classifying nonprofit organizations (NPOs) according to their field of activity. We report our experiences using two semi-automated methods based on textual data: rule-based classification and machine learning with curated keywords. We use those methods to classify Austrian nonprofit organizations based on the International Classification of Nonprofit Organizations. Those methods can provide a solution to the widespr…
How actors move from primary agency to institutional agency
This article contributes to the understanding of actors and agency in the theorization of institutional work. We analyse institutional work as a specific kind of social action that involves exercising institutional agency (with an articulate awareness of institutions) as opposed to primary agency (taking institutions for granted). We propose a conceptual framework for combining a view of actors, who have agency and may engage in institutional wor…
Toward a Better Understanding of Social Origins Theory
Social origins theory explains variation between civil societies by power relations between socioeconomic classes and by path dependencies. There have been few systematic reflections on which dimensions of civil society depend on these factors and can thus be explained by the theory. With the help of a historical narrative of the eventful history of Vienna’s civil society, in which traditional, liberal, social democratic, statist, and corporatist…
From Home to Heaven
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11266-023-00603-w
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public relations (3 works)