How Resource-dependent Social Organizations Obtain Autonomy While Engaging in Community Micro-Governance—A Case Study of Organization Y in Shanghai
The autonomy of China's social organizations is restrained due to their resource dependency on other stakeholders,especially governmental bodies.Previous studies focus on the interpretation and operation of the autonomy of social organizations in terms of their finance,personnel,and structural development planning,leaving much to be discussed concerning their autonomy in the process of business activities and the differences between different types of autonomy.A case study of the autonomy of the organization Y in its engagement in community micro-governance finds that it followed different logic of autonomy while interacting with different stakeholders.Specifically,when interacting with street offices on which its resources highly depended,Y adopted an"above-the-bottom-line compliance"strategy to manage its level of dependence and obtained autonomy by sticking to the logic of being professional.When interacting with a variety of other stakeholders located in the community,Y adopted a"manipulative"strategy to meet their needs and obtained greater level of autonomy by sticking to the dominant logic of legitimacy.
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