TY - JOUR
T1 - Government funding, employment conditions, and work organization in non-profit community services
T2 - a comparative study
AU - Cunningham, Ian
AU - Baines, Donna
AU - Charlesworth, Sara
N1 - This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Cunningham,Ian.,Baines,Donna.,Charlesworth, Sara. (2014). Government funding, employment conditions, and work organization in non-profit community service: a comparative study.,Public Administration 92 (3), p 582-598., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/padm.12060
PY - 2014/9/1
Y1 - 2014/9/1
N2 - The article provides a comparative exploration of New Public Management (NPM) funding models on the non-profit sectors in the UK and Australia, and the implications for services, employment conditions, and worker commitment. A degree of convergence exists around the principles of NPM in the two case studies, creating employment regimes of low pay, casualization, and work intensification. Enhanced vulnerability to pay cuts in the UK, and insecurity in Australia are explained by national differences in exposure to recession, industrial relations institutions, and competition, leading to diminishing worker commitment and raising important concerns for policy-makers as benefits gained from outsourcing to non-profits are eroded.
AB - The article provides a comparative exploration of New Public Management (NPM) funding models on the non-profit sectors in the UK and Australia, and the implications for services, employment conditions, and worker commitment. A degree of convergence exists around the principles of NPM in the two case studies, creating employment regimes of low pay, casualization, and work intensification. Enhanced vulnerability to pay cuts in the UK, and insecurity in Australia are explained by national differences in exposure to recession, industrial relations institutions, and competition, leading to diminishing worker commitment and raising important concerns for policy-makers as benefits gained from outsourcing to non-profits are eroded.
KW - new public management funding
KW - employment conditions
KW - worker commitment
KW - work organisation
U2 - 10.1111/padm.12060
DO - 10.1111/padm.12060
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908220679
SN - 0033-3298
VL - 92
SP - 582
EP - 598
JO - Public Administration
JF - Public Administration
IS - 3
ER -
