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dc.contributor.authorFitzgerald, Scott
dc.contributor.authorRainnie, Alistair
dc.contributor.authorGoods, Caleb
dc.contributor.authorMorris, L.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:31:22Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:31:22Z
dc.date.created2015-01-22T20:00:44Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationFitzgerald, S. and Rainnie, A. and Goods, C. and Morris, L. 2014. The restructuring of WA human services and its implications for the not-for-profit sector. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 49 (4): pp. 509-528.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32530
dc.description.abstract

Western Australia provides an interesting case study of the outsourcing of human services to the not-for-profit (NfP) sector. This article presents and discusses some of the key themes that emerged from a recently completed research project examining one large NfP in Western Australia. Key themes included the recruitment and retention of staff linked to pay and changing funding arrangements, and the sector becoming increasingly corporatised in outlook and goal orientaiton. Despite evidence that the shifting policy and funding environment within the NfP sector has had some negative consequences, the research findings highlight a degree of agency within which organisations can resist or counterbalance these changes. Efforts to avoid this trend, however, are reliant upon a number of factors; for example, a strong commitment to vision and mission supported by skilled leadership and adequate resourcing. Significantly, these factors are unlikely to be readily available, particularly for smaller NfPs. This discrepancy in organisational capacity is set to become more conspicuous with the potential introduction of ‘Big Society’ policies derived from the United Kingdom, and funding cuts proposed by the Coalition government.

dc.publisherAustralian Council of Social Service
dc.relation.urihttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=786023075696113;res=IELAPA
dc.subjectoutsourcing
dc.subjectnot-for-profit sector
dc.subjectcare work
dc.titleThe restructuring of WA human services and its implications for the not-for-profit sector
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume49
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage509
dcterms.source.endPage528
dcterms.source.issn0157-6321
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Social Issues
curtin.departmentCurtin Graduate School of Business
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