Thesis (M.A.)--Johnson Bible College, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 115-122).

ABSTRACT With reduced sources of external funding, higher education institutions are taking an increased focus onthe development of their alumni and current student populations with regards to philanthropic giving. One of the goals of leadership and their development team is to build and nurture a culture of philanthropy on campus amongst current students with the desired outcome of these efforts being to build a sense of affinity and responsibility to the institution evident through their engagement. While there is much research available about the motivation for giving and engagement amongst alumni, there is little information available about what motivates current students on campus to participate in philanthropic activity. It must be understood why students choose to engage in their chosen philanthropic activities, whichwould require gaining an understanding of intrinsic motivators for engagement. It is also important for institutions to learn how students want to be engaged to adjust tactics and incorporate methods of engagement which are valued and preferred by students. Learning the ways in which this newer group of students views the concepts of philanthropy, and the ways in which they seek to insert themselves into philanthropic engagement are going to be of the upmost importance to gain support from this cohort. Ultimately, this study examined undergraduate students’ philanthropic behaviors with the purpose ofdetermining if it is possible to find distinct factors which influence philanthropic motivations and engagement based upon student characteristics. A mixed method approach was used for this study. For the quantitative component of the study, 206 students located throughout the United States completed questionnaires, which provided survey questions utilizing a 5-point ordinal Likert scale, with responses indicating the likelihood of the variable influencing selected philanthropic activities. Surveys also captured student demographic variables. Twenty students from the quantitative study participated in a follow up one on one interview interviews for the qualitative component, which provided insight into student motivations via analysis of interview transcripts. Amongst participants of this study, findings indicate that there are significant relationships that exist between certain student demographic variables and factors which influence their decisions to participate in chosen philanthropic activities. These factors can be segmented into distinct categories, allowing for students’ motivations to be understood based upon their intrinsic motivations. Ultimately amongst participants, it appears students are guided by eight factors which influence their philanthropic motivation and/or engagement. With this knowledge, institutional leadership and development staff can gain a better understanding of what motivates current students to select the types of philanthropic activities, causes, and organizations they support, as well as how to tailor ask vehicles designed to appeal to the intrinsic motivators of students. / Educational Administration

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T16:44:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Joelson Alves do Nascimento.pdf: 4150729 bytes, checksum: ea420e90fda0a4640790c7165e77fc18 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-16 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The process of concentration of wealth has created a division between the world of the rich and the poor, further increasing the distances between individuals / consumers and those who are not considered by the capitalist economic system because they have no purchasing power, are outside the globalization processes and are relegated to large clusters of poverty and violence in most cases. The formation of social networks as a possibility for coping with poverty will be addressed in this dissertation through the proposal of the Economy of Communion, which brings as innovative precisely the sharing of profits made by entrepreneurs. Was used in the construction of this path the theory of social networks and, as supporting references, social capital and donation, which will help us follow its development and discoveries during the research. It starts from the assumption that the formation of networks through shared values around a common goal, a culture of sharing, through the donation, which puts into practice reciprocity relations as opposed to utilitarist view, capable of supporting the interpersonal and interorganizational social relations. The research methodology is qualitative and quantitative, carried out through participant observation, interviews and questionnaires with the Business Pole Spartaco, and it was possible to identify the existing relationships within the project scope of Economy of Communion. Besides identifying the relationships, it was also possible to identify the intensity of those relations and the perception they have on their ability to accomplish the propagation of the culture of sharing. The study revealed that the project is a network of horizontal profile, with high density and cohesiveness of its actors, especially some actors that are articulated in a network of mutual help and that are interconnected with other social networks / O processo de concentração de riqueza gerou uma divisão entre o mundo dos ricos e dos pobres, aumentando ainda mais as distâncias entre os indivíduos/consumidores e aqueles que não são considerados pelo sistema econômico capitalista, pois não possuem capacidade de compra, estão fora dos processos de globalização, estão relegados aos grandes bolsões de pobreza e violência na maior parte das vezes. A formação de redes sociais como sendo uma possibilidade para o enfrentamento da pobreza será abordada nesta dissertação, por meio da proposta da Economia de Comunhão, que traz como novidade justamente a partilha dos lucros efetuada pelos empresários. Utiliza-se na construção desse caminho a teoria de redes sociais e de forma coadjuvante os referenciais sobre capital social e dádiva, que nos ajudarão a acompanhar o seu desenvolvimento e descobertas durante a pesquisa. Parte-se do pressuposto que a formação de redes por meio de valores compartilhados em torno de um objetivo comum, de uma cultura da partilha, por meio da dádiva, que coloca em prática relações de reciprocidade em contraposição a visão utilitarista, capazes de favorecer as relações sociais interpessoais e interorganizacionais. A metodologia da pesquisa é de natureza qualitativa e quantitativa, realizada por meio de observação participante, de entrevistas e aplicação de questionários junto ao Pólo Empresarial Spartaco, e permitiu identificar as relações no âmbito do projeto de Economia de Comunhão. Além de identificar as relações, foi também possível identificar a intensidade dessas relações e a percepção que tem sobre sua capacidade de efetivação de propagação da cultura da partilha. O estudo revelou que o projeto é uma rede de perfil horizontal, com alta densidade e coesão dos seus atores, com destaque para alguns atores que se articulam numa rede de ajuda recíproca e que se interconectam com outras redes sociais

Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as formas e relações de comunicação organizacional integrada dentro da perspectiva da Economia de Comunhão numa empresa brasileira. A Economia de Comunhão (EdC), é um projeto de caráter sócio-econômico que nasce a partir da experiência do Movimento dos Focolares, um movimento civil e eclesial. Hoje a EdC encontra-se dispersa por cerca de 40 países envolvendo quase 800 empresas. A comunicação organizacional integrada no contexto da Economia de Comunhão apresenta características peculiares. Analisar as formas e relações de comunicação em que se desenvolvem na prática nos permite enxergar a importância dessa nova maneira de agir no campo econômico e social. A partir do método fenomenológico e do estudo de caso penetramos na realidade da empresa com essa filosofia para constatar na prática aquilo que na concepção ideológica da proposta é apresentada. O estudo envolve conceitos ainda pouco abordados pela academia como Cultura do Dar, homem novo e outros, que aprofundados nos revelam uma praxe comunicacional baseada na partilha. / The purpose of this study is to analyze forms and relations of integrated organizational communication into the Economy of Communion perspective, in a Brazilian organization. The Economy of Communion (EoC) consists into a socio-economic project that had birth from the experience of Focolare Movement, a civil and ecclesiastic movement. Nowadays, EoC is dispersing around 40 countries, involving almost 800 companies. The organizational communication integrated in the Economy of Communion context presents peculiar characteristics. Analyzing the communications forms and relations developed in practice allow us to realize the importance of this new way of acting in the social and economic field. Adopting the phenomenological method and case study we entered the organization reality using this philosophy to find, in practice, what is presented in the ideological conception of this proposal. This study involves concepts not much adopted in the academy, such as Culture of Giving, new man and others, that when deeply searched reveal us a communicational praxis based on sharing.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T13:44:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTACAO DANIELE JANNOTTI.pdf: 624896 bytes, checksum: 61de1f2787741432f7ff322a68c3bdc7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-02-17 / This summary has the objective to check if the main principles of Economy of Sharing Management, which has its most important aspects in solidarity, human and even religious areas, is highlighted by the dynamic reality of an organization which follows this proposal. Therefore we got data about this model still not well known in the academic area. The method used for the research had a qualitative approach emphasizing in the company FEMAQ S.A., using a semi-structured interview technique, observation and document analysis as our sources for data collection. To reach this objective, at first we had to define the difference between the concepts of Solidarity Economy and Economy of Sharing , due to some confusion that has been sometimes been happening between these two models. Afterwards we covered some theoretical basic concepts, about the research developed such as: values, organizational values, philosophy (life), solidarity, character and gift. In a third part we emphasized the aspects of the origin, discourse and repercussion of Economy of Sharing. We came to the conclusion that evidence found in this research, such as a more human relationship, trust, family environment, possibility of the being human (not perfect) and others seem to qualify this company in this style of management, which is characteristic of Economy of Sharing. / Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo verificar se os princípios de gestão da Economia de Comunhão, caracterizada por aspectos solidários, humanos e religiosos, são evidenciados na dinâmica de uma organização que adere a esta proposta. Para isso fez-se imprescindível levantar informações sobre este modelo, pouco conhecido no meio acadêmico. O método utilizado para a pesquisa baseou-se na abordagem qualitativa, com ênfase no estudo de caso da empresa FEMAQ S.A., recorrendo-se à entrevista semi-estruturada, à observação e ao levantamento documental como técnicas de coleta dos dados. Para que o objetivo fosse alcançado, no primeiro momento foram diferenciados os conceitos da Economia de Comunhão e Economia Solidária, dado a confusão que por vezes tem ocorrido entre estes dois conceitos que subsidiam diferentes modelos. Em seguida foram abordados os conceitos teóricos fundamentais, sobre os quais a pesquisa foi desenvolvida: valores, valores organizacionais, filosofia (de vida), solidariedade, caráter e dádiva. Na terceira parte foram enfatizados os aspectos da Economia de Comunhão, sua origem, discurso e repercussão. Concluiu-se que as diversas evidências encontradas na empresa estudada, como relacionamento mais humanizado, confiança, ambiente familiar, possibilidade de ser humano (não perfeito) e outros permitem classificá-la no estilo de gestão inerente ao modelo da Economia de Comunhão.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as formas e relações de comunicação organizacional integrada dentro da perspectiva da Economia de Comunhão numa empresa brasileira. A Economia de Comunhão (EdC), é um projeto de caráter sócio-econômico que nasce a partir da experiência do Movimento dos Focolares, um movimento civil e eclesial. Hoje a EdC encontra-se dispersa por cerca de 40 países envolvendo quase 800 empresas. A comunicação organizacional integrada no contexto da Economia de Comunhão apresenta características peculiares. Analisar as formas e relações de comunicação em que se desenvolvem na prática nos permite enxergar a importância dessa nova maneira de agir no campo econômico e social. A partir do método fenomenológico e do estudo de caso penetramos na realidade da empresa com essa filosofia para constatar na prática aquilo que na concepção ideológica da proposta é apresentada. O estudo envolve conceitos ainda pouco abordados pela academia como Cultura do Dar, homem novo e outros, que aprofundados nos revelam uma praxe comunicacional baseada na partilha. / The purpose of this study is to analyze forms and relations of integrated organizational communication into the Economy of Communion perspective, in a Brazilian organization. The Economy of Communion (EoC) consists into a socio-economic project that had birth from the experience of Focolare Movement, a civil and ecclesiastic movement. Nowadays, EoC is dispersing around 40 countries, involving almost 800 companies. The organizational communication integrated in the Economy of Communion context presents peculiar characteristics. Analyzing the communications forms and relations developed in practice allow us to realize the importance of this new way of acting in the social and economic field. Adopting the phenomenological method and case study we entered the organization reality using this philosophy to find, in practice, what is presented in the ideological conception of this proposal. This study involves concepts not much adopted in the academy, such as Culture of Giving, new man and others, that when deeply searched reveal us a communicational praxis based on sharing.

Au sein de l’économie libérale, est né un modèle d’entreprise conjuguant altruisme et recherche du profit : l’Économie de Communion. À travers sa responsabilité sociale, cette entreprise adopte des stratégies particulières de gestion qui tentent de replacer l’homme au centre de l’activité de l’entreprise. L’objectif du mémoire est de présenter l’Économie de Communion, son but et les différents axes qui la soutiennent, ainsi que sa compréhension de l’interaction du monde des affaires avec l’éthique, la morale et le droit. À la lumière des expériences vécues par 811 entreprises, cet agir économique rend compte de l’efficacité de son mode de gestion au niveau de l’optimisation de la performance entrepreneuriale. L’Économie de Communion met en exergue notamment une approche où la dynamique économique repose sur la solidarité et la fraternité. / Within the liberal economy, a business model was born combining altruism and profit-seeking: the Economy of Communion. Through its social responsibility, this model adopts specific management strategies that try to put people at the center of the firm's activities. The aim of the paper is to present the Economy of Communion, its purpose and the various axes that support it, as well as its understanding of the interaction of the business world with ethics, values and law. In the light of the experience of 811 firms, the Economic of Communion acknowledges the efficiency of its management mode in terms of optimizing entrepreneurial performance. It emphasizes in particular an approach where economic dynamics are based on solidarity and fraternity.