The changing identity of federated community service organizations

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 23-46

  Brilliant, Eleanor ^a   Young, Dennis R ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative funds; Community federations; Organizational change; Organizational evolution; Organizational identity; Religious federations; Social services; United Way

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444250780     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v28n03_02     Document Type: Review

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