Faith-Based Assumptions About Performance Does Church Affiliation Matter for Service Quality and Access?

摘要: To date, the common rhetoric and assumptions on performance of faith-based organizations (FBOs), ironically, appear to be faith based rather than empirically supported: There is a paucity research evaluating effectiveness FBOs that uses sufficiently rigorous methods multiple measures organizational performance. This study seeks inform debate relative by comparing religiously affiliated secular nonprofit nursing homes using two distinct but complementary performance: service quality access for impoverished clients. Using nationally representative panel data 11,877 church-affiliated homes, this examines effect ownership with several regression models. Overall, findings fail confirm assumption perform better in context home industry. Isomorphic pressures commercialization trends within nur...