Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-20-2004
Abstract
Do a leader’s social capital building activities influence outcomes in their organization? A web- based survey of leaders of nonprofit aging services organizations was conducted to determine the relationship between social capital investing activities, transformational leadership style, organizational legitimacy and organizational performance indicators. The study looked specifically at leaders’ internal and external social capital building activities and their impact on two different organizational outcomes--donations and the leader’s relationship with the board. In addition, the roles of organizational legitimacy and transformational leadership in moderating these relationships were studied. The research found that external social capital investing activities predicted an effective relationship with the nonprofit board. The data also show that a leader’s external social capital has a main effect on predicting an organization’s donations. The effect of leaders’ external and internal social capital investing on the organization’s donations was strengthened significantly by the presence of organization legitimacy. Without high levels of organizational legitimacy, transformational leadership style actually weakened the impact of external social capital investing on donations.
Keywords
social capital (sociology), nonprofit organizations--management
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
King, Nancy Koury, "Social Capital, Organizational Legitimacy, and Transformational Leadership: Implications for Nonprofit Fundraising and Board Relations" (2004). Student Scholarship. 384.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/384