caa a22 4500 606152377 CHVBK 20210128100548.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9485-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9485-7 Resource Dependence and Effects of Funding Diversification Strategies Among NGOs in Cambodia [Elektronische Daten] [Sothy Khieng, Heidi Dahles] This article assesses how strategies applied by Cambodian NGOs to reduce their dependence on external resources affect the sustainability of their mission, program and funding. At the empirical level, the findings suggest that NGO dependence on foreign aid has mixed effects on the organizations such as unpredictability of funding, goal displacement, reduced organizational autonomy, and top-down accountability. Funding from commercial activities is more predictable and potentially promotes bottom-up accountability and increases organizational autonomy but may conflict with the mission-drift of NGOs. At the theoretical level, this article contributes to resource dependence theory by introducing a perspective from developing countries, which implies large power differentials between international funding agencies and receiving local NGOs. The strategic responses employed by local NGO leaders to reduce external resource dependence entail a paradigm shift from external control to local embeddedness and increased autonomy. The findings have important policy implications regarding the regulation of NGO-related and unrelated business activities. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Resource dependence nationallicence Funding effects nationallicence Mission drift nationallicence Autonomy nationallicence Cambodia nationallicence Khieng Sothy Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Building (N16), Room 1.50, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut Dahles Heidi Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Building (N16), Room 1.50, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/4(2015-08-01), 1412-1437 0957-8765 26:4<1412 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9485-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9485-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khieng Sothy Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Building (N16), Room 1.50, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dahles Heidi Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Building (N16), Room 1.50, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, 4111, Brisbane, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/4(2015-08-01), 1412-1437 0957-8765 26:4<1412 2015 26 11266