The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of a maturity model for staging the capacity of nonprofit community organizations to implement or sustain social interventions or demonstration programs. During the period 1999 to 2001, a five-stage maturity model was synthesized using knowledge and experience derived from diverse fields, and applied to small nonprofit organizations in an iterative process of (a) application, (b) analysis, (c) revision, and (d) re-application. Two raters with organizational experience, in addition to the developer, were trained to use the instrument. They participated in all phases of the formative development of the maturity model. The resulting estimation of the instruments validity is based on convergent results of four analyses; (a) content validation by comparison of the new instrument with existing instruments assessing capacity to determine the extent to which it assesses important dimensions of organizational capacity, (b) construct validation by comparison of an early version of the model with a later version to assess its evolution, (c) estimates of interrater reliability among three raters, and (d) construct validation through feedback from agency staff and governing board members and feedback from staff involved in funding those agencies. The results of these analyses are mixed, not establishing statistical conclusion validity, but showing promise for the instrument in its formative stage of development.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PITT/oai:PITTETD:etd-07082004-104649 |
| Date | 14 September 2004 |
| Creators | Schuh, Russell G. |
| Contributors | R. Tony Eichelberger, Louis A. Pingel, Mary Kay Stein, Laura C. Leviton |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh |
| Source Sets | University of Pittsburgh |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-07082004-104649/ |
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