Amplifying citizens’ voice in global governance – Why we need inclusive deliberation processes to solve 21st century challenges

Complex, dynamic, and interconnected global challenges demand novel ways of thinking about problem solving, accountability, and collaboration. Modern technology offers a unique window of opportunity to reconnect with citizens and to rebuild trust through inclusive global governance. This chapter highlights the relevance of deliberative quality in international organizations to warrant citizen trust, accountability, legitimacy, and efficiency. It calls for a reform of the deliberation and decision-making processes in international organizations by including citizen voice and feedback more centrally to make global governance more inclusive and more just.<br/

Social capital as a resource for prosocial donation behavior. Quantitative evidence on the moderating effect of strategic networking

Theory suggests that selfless prosocial behaviors, such as volunteering and charitable donating, originate from motives grounded in tangible, motivational, and psychological resources. This study investigates how individuals’ social capital may serve as such a resource, exploring the peculiar role of the strategic pursue of relationships to predict individuals’ likelihood of engaging in prosocial behavior. Based on survey responses by 779 German citizens actively engaged in nonprofit hobbyist communities, we find that individuals with higher social capital and higher income are more likely to donate their incentive for study participation to charity. However, individuals who maintain relationships strategically are dramatically less likely to donate. These results enhance our understanding of social capital as a conditional resource for prosocial behavior, highlighting practical implications for fundraising and help practitioners better understand donor motivation, and the relevance of networks and social capital for charity

Social capital as a resource for prosocial donation behavior? Quantitative evidence on the dark side of strategic networking

Theory suggests that selfless prosocial behaviors originate from motives grounded in tangible, motivational, and psychological resources, which can be activated to stimulate volunteering and charitable giving. This study investigates how individuals’ social capital may serve as such a resource; it explores the peculiar role of the strategic pursuit of relationships to predict individuals’ likelihood of engaging in prosocial behavior. Based on survey responses by n = 779 German citizens actively engaged in nonprofit hobbyist communities, we find that individuals with higher social capital are more likely to donate their incentive for study participation to charity. However, individuals who maintain relationships for strategic reasons are significantly less likely to donate. These results enhance our understanding of social capital as a conditional resource for prosocial behavior, highlighting practical implications for fundraising, and help practitioners better understand donor motivation and the relevance of networks and social capital for charity

Collaborating and co-creating the digital transformation: Empirical evidence on the crucial role of stakeholder demand from Swiss municipalities

Digital-era governance is one of the central challenges of the twenty-first century and marks a fundamental paradigm shift in public administration. Based on the concepts of collaborative capacity and organizational maturity for co-creation, this study explores the factors that determine municipal administrations’ capacity to engage in digitalization-related collaborations. Using unique survey data from 720 Swiss municipalities, this study investigates the relevance of intra-organizational and extra-organizational factors in stimulating local governments’ likelihood of engaging in cross-sectoral and inter-organizational partnerships to implement the digital transformation. It reveals that extra-organizational impulses by digital change agents and stakeholder demand—in contrast to intra-organizational resources—are highly influential factors for municipalities to engage in digitalization-related collaborations. This study presents novel insights into the specific barriers to change and the success factors of co-creation in the process of municipalities’ digital transformation to inform theory, practice, and policy design

Wenn Mitarbeitende Mitarbeitende entlassen: Personalabbau im Konsent

Diese Fallstudie beruht auf der Evaluation der Erfahrungen eines mittelständischen Dienstleistungsunternehmens mit dem Prinzip der soziokratischen Entscheidungsfindung in Krisenzeiten. Pandemiebedingt musste im Sommer 2020 ein größerer Stellenabbau vorgenommen werden. Da im Vorfeld die Entscheidung für die Einführung eines soziokratischen Organisationsmodelles gefallen war, wurde der Personalabbau im Konsentprinzip beschlossen. Der Fallstudie liegt eine Evaluation dieses Personalabbauprozesses mittels qualitativer und quantitativer Befragung der Mitarbeitenden zugrunde. Das Projekt wurde durch die gemeinnützige Stiftung 3FO unterstützt