Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument

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dc.contributor.advisorDe Wet, Jacquesen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWilkinson-Maposa, Susanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-20T12:26:19Z
dc.date.available2016-07-20T12:26:19Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis sets out to develop an instrument to gauge the behaviour of a community philanthropy organization (CPO) and then to test its validity. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, the Horizontality Gauge (HG) offers a process by which organizations can assess the extent to which their behaviour favours either the ways in which the international aid system prefers to work (with an exogenous orientation) or those of the community it serves (taking an endogenous approach), which is the orientation professed in its model. When applied, the instrument is intended to facilitate self-correction, with the potential to contribute to organizational development (OD) and improved performance. The instrument is made up of a questionnaire and a group interview. It produces data in the form of Likert scale scores (quantitative) as well as qualitative evidence in the form of narrative illustrations of organizational behaviour and respondent judgement of scores. The thesis draws on the concepts of the philanthropy of community (PoC) theory, in particular those related to the norms of self-help and reciprocity among the poor in southern Africa, in the context of the four elements of an organization as described in the work of Wilkinson-Maposa and Fowler (2009), and Porras and Hoffer (1986). It also adapts and applies the multi-level systematic framework for validating a research instrument developed by Adcock and Collier (2001), as modified by Lutz (2012). The secondary contribution of this study involves the refinement of the PoC theory and the further testing of an existing framework in the emerging field of validation in mixed methods research (MMR). The HG was tested using the cases of five CPOs in South Africa. The findings show that it satisfies the assessment validation criteria of trustworthiness offered by Lincoln and Guba (1985) and researchers, donors and community philanthropy organizations can therefore use it with confidence and assurance. However, further refinements of the instrument are indicated. Specifically, insights problematize the vertical (the exogenous) in light of the domestication of funding in South Africa and call into question the ease with which the user can access and interpret the gauge as presented visually on a behaviour arc.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWilkinson-Maposa, S. (2016). <i>Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20524en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWilkinson-Maposa, Susan. <i>"Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20524en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWilkinson-Maposa, S. 2016. Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Wilkinson-Maposa, Susan AB - This thesis sets out to develop an instrument to gauge the behaviour of a community philanthropy organization (CPO) and then to test its validity. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, the Horizontality Gauge (HG) offers a process by which organizations can assess the extent to which their behaviour favours either the ways in which the international aid system prefers to work (with an exogenous orientation) or those of the community it serves (taking an endogenous approach), which is the orientation professed in its model. When applied, the instrument is intended to facilitate self-correction, with the potential to contribute to organizational development (OD) and improved performance. The instrument is made up of a questionnaire and a group interview. It produces data in the form of Likert scale scores (quantitative) as well as qualitative evidence in the form of narrative illustrations of organizational behaviour and respondent judgement of scores. The thesis draws on the concepts of the philanthropy of community (PoC) theory, in particular those related to the norms of self-help and reciprocity among the poor in southern Africa, in the context of the four elements of an organization as described in the work of Wilkinson-Maposa and Fowler (2009), and Porras and Hoffer (1986). It also adapts and applies the multi-level systematic framework for validating a research instrument developed by Adcock and Collier (2001), as modified by Lutz (2012). The secondary contribution of this study involves the refinement of the PoC theory and the further testing of an existing framework in the emerging field of validation in mixed methods research (MMR). The HG was tested using the cases of five CPOs in South Africa. The findings show that it satisfies the assessment validation criteria of trustworthiness offered by Lincoln and Guba (1985) and researchers, donors and community philanthropy organizations can therefore use it with confidence and assurance. However, further refinements of the instrument are indicated. Specifically, insights problematize the vertical (the exogenous) in light of the domestication of funding in South Africa and call into question the ease with which the user can access and interpret the gauge as presented visually on a behaviour arc. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument TI - Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20524 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20524
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWilkinson-Maposa S. Gauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrument. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20524en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_ZA
dc.titleGauging the horizontality of community philanthropy organizations: The development and validity testing of an instrumenten_ZA
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