1、7900 英文单词, 4.5 万英文字符 , 中文 1.4 万字 文献出处 :Cunningham I , Baines D , Charlesworth S . Government funding, employment conditions, and work organization in non-profit community services: A comparative studyJ. Public Administration, 2014, 92(3):582598. GOVERNMENT FUNDING, EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS, AND WORK OR
2、GANIZATION IN NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY SERVICES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY IAN CUNNINGHAM, DONNA BAINES AND SARA CHARLESWORTH 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, emplo
3、yment 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 na
4、tional 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. INTRODUCTION The impact of New Public Management (
5、NPM) on employment conditions for those employed in public service delivery has varied across nation states (Diefenbach 2009; Bach and Bordogna 2011). NPM has also involved the outsourcing of public services to non-profit organizations. In such circumstances, it is felt that the full effects of NPM
6、and its cost-cutting tendencies and concerns over working conditions will be most pronounced, and subject to less variability. This is because the further workers are from the source of the outsourcing process, the greater the likelihood that they will experience degradations in their working conditions (Flecker et al. 2009). This is potentially problematic as non- profit workers can become disenchanted when their employment conditions are reduced (Cunningham 2008), or perhaps just as import