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Community-based human service organizations: theory and practice
Abstract
A concept of the term "community-based" as it applies to human service organizations is developed by using a vertical and horizontal framework. Operational indicators of vertical and horizontal articulation are identified. An empirical field investigation examined the impact of varying degrees of vertical articulation on agency-community (horizontal) linkages. Analysis of data provides evidence that extralocal constraints placed on the local agency through funding requirements influence the ability of the agency to develop strong agency-community relations, particularly by restricting boards to an advisory rather than a policymaking role. Based on the empirical investigation, a proposed typology of community-based human service organizations is presented. Suggestions are made concerning how the agency can develop and strengthen the desired vertical or horizontal linkages. (Journal abstract, edited.)
Journal
(1981)
vol5
no1
pages79-86
Categories
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Nonprofit Organizations (Theory)
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Organizational Theory
