Social media is changing the practice of social accountability. The release of the Panama Papers on April 3, 2016 by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) unleashed a tsunami of over 5 million tweets decrying corrupt politicians and tax-avoiding business elites,...

This study examines the impact of Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) on the nonprofit sector. Focusing on three key SOX policies applicable to charities—conflict-of-interest policies, records retention policies, and whistleblower policies—this study tests the relationship between the existence and...

This paper examines the persuasive effects of images in the context of online peer-to-peer micro-finance. The theoretical framework based in self- presentation and impression management relates micro-entrepreneurs' loan-request image choices to lending decisions and lenders' perceptions of the...

With the near ubiquity of the organizational website, organizations' online stakeholder relationships have dramatically increased in prevalence, complexity, and financial and strategic importance. To help advance our understanding of these relationships, we introduce and test the...

The diffusion of social media has opened new possibilities for targeted stakeholder communication and, with it, new forms of organizational resources. This paper examines the nexus between social media-based stakeholder communication and the acquisition of social media-based resources, referred...

One hundred forty characters seems like too small a space for any meaningful information to be exchanged, but Twitter users have found creative ways to get the most out of each Tweet by using different communication tools. This paper looks into how 73 nonprofit organizations use Twitter to...

The rapid diffusion of ‘microblogging’ services such as Twitter is ushering in a new era of possibilities for organizations to communicate with and engage their core stakeholders and the general public. To enhance understanding of the communicative functions microblogging serves for...

Social networking applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and Crowdrise offer new ways for nonprofits to engage the community in fundraising efforts. This study employs data from Facebook Causes to examine the nature and determinants of charitable giving in social networking environments. Our...

Charitable giving is one of the essential tasks of a properly functioning civil society. This task is greatly complicated by the lack of organizational transparency and by the information asymmetries that often exist between organizations and donors in the market for charitable donations. The...

Social marketing scholarship has regularly focused on how organizations can effectively influence changes in awareness and behaviors among its targeted audience. Communication scholarship, however, has repeatedly shown that the most influential form of communication happens between members of...