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Avoiding Burnout with Compassionate Accompaniment: A Novel Approach to Training, Selecting, Managing, and Regulating Frontline Workers 用同情陪伴避免职业倦怠：培训、选择、管理和规范一线员工的新方法

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Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2023-0007

Carrie Oelberger

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Nonprofit Disaster Response and Climate Change: Who Responds? Who Plans? 非营利组织应对灾害和气候变化:谁来应对?谁的计划?

Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2023-0017

Beth Gazley, Rachel Cash

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The Rise of Learning Pods: Civil Society’s Expanding Role in K-12 Education in the United States 学习舱的兴起:公民社会在美国K-12教育中不断扩大的作用

Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2022-0020

Fredrik O. Andersson, Jurgen Willems

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Rereading Salamon: Why Voluntary Failure Theory is Not (Really) About Voluntary Failures 重读萨拉蒙:为什么自愿失败理论不是(真的)关于自愿失败

Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-10-17 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2023-0080

Stefan Toepler

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Frontmatter 头版头条

Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2023-frontmatter4

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The Essential Role of Human Service Nonprofits in Restorative Justice Policy Implementation 公益服务非营利组织在恢复性司法政策实施中的重要作用

Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2022-0040

Paige L. Moore, Kara L. Lawrence

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Lester M. Salamon Memorial Issue, Part II 莱斯特·m·萨拉蒙纪念特刊，第二部分

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Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-09-08 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2023-0079

S. Toepler, Alan Abramson, Mirae Kim

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Precarious Professionals: The Impact of Neoliberalism on the Workforce of the Nonprofit Human Service Sector 不稳定的专业人员:新自由主义对非营利性人力服务部门劳动力的影响

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Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2023-0008

C. Hyde

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Embedding Inclusive, Equitable Diversity Practices in Nonprofit Organizations: Developing Policy to Account for System Dynamics 在非营利组织中嵌入包容、公平的多样性实践:制定政策以考虑系统动力学

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Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2022-0042

R. Bernstein, P. Salipante

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Analytical Lens for Investigating CSOs and State Relations: The Contributions of Coproduction and Institutional Logics Perspectives 研究民间社会组织与国家关系的分析视角:合作生产和制度逻辑视角的贡献

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Nonprofit Policy Forum Pub Date : 2023-08-10 DOI: 10.1515/npf-2023-0005

B. Holanda, P. Mendonça

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