Recent Publications - Published or In Press
Investigating recent and topical developments related to nonprofit organisations and philanthropy
2008
2007
2006
2008 - Journal Articles
Hillman, A., G. Nicholson and C. Shropshire. 2008. 'The impact of director identity on board monitoring and resource provisions' Organizational Science Special Issue: Corporate Governance.
McGregor-Lowndes, M. and W. Scaife. 2008. '"Of droughts and flooding rains": Philanthropy for health and medical research' Medical Journal of Australia 18(11): 631-632.
Newnam, S., C. Newton and M. McGregor-Lowndes (in press) ‘Predicting the safety performance of volunteers: Does motivation for volunteering influence driving behaviour?’ Safety Science.
Newton, C. and N. Jimmieson (in press) 'Subjective fit with organizational culture: An investigation of moderating effects in the work stressor-employee adjustment relationship' International Journal of Human Resource Management.
Nicholson, G., C. Newton, M. McGregor-Lowndes, M. Sheldrake. 2008. 'Governance training needs in community organisations' Just Policy 42(Dec 2008): 5-11.
O'Leary, C. and F. Hannah. 2008. 'Are students from different business majors predisposed to different ethical sensitivities?' Corporate Ownership and Control 6(1):254-262.
Ryan, C. and M. McGregor-Lowndes (in press) 'Reducing the compliance burden of nonprofit organisations: Cutting red tape' Australian Journal of Public Administration
Scaife, W. 2008. 'Venturing into venture philanthropy: Is more sustainable health and medical research funding possible through venture philanthropy and social entrepreneurship?' Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing 20(2): 245-260.
Walsh, P., M. McGregor-Lowndes, C. Newton. 2008. 'Shared services: Lessons from the public and private sectors for the non-profit sector' Australian Journal of Public Adminstration 67(2): 200-212.
Wymer, W, A. Sargeant, W. Scaife and K. Madden. 2008. 'The marketing dimension of nonprofit management education: curricular and pedagogical insights from Australian, U.K., and U.S. practitioners' Journal of Public Affairs Education, 14(2): 271-283.
2008 - Book Chapters
McGregor-Lowndes, M. 2008. 'Is there something better than partnership?' in J. Barraket (ed) Strategic issues for the not-for-profit sector. Sydney: UNSW Press.
McGregor-Lowndes, M. 2008. 'Risk management' in Fishel, D. (ed) The Book of the board 2nd edition. Sydney: The Federation Press.
2008 - Books
Barrraket, J (ed.). 2008. Strategic issues for the not-for-profit sector. Sydney: UNSW Press.
O'Halloran, K., M. McGregor-Lowndes and K. Simon. 2008. Charity law and social policy. Enschede, The Netherlands: Springer.
2008 - Reports
Madden, K. and W. Scaife. 2008. Keeping going: Charitable bequests and Austrlians. Brisbane: The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, QUT.
McGregor-Lowndes, M. and F. Hannah. 2008. Every player wins a prize? Family provision applications and bequests to charity. Brisbane: The Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, QUT.
2007 - Journals
McGregor-Lowndes, M. & Bitomsky, S. (2007). Do Nonprofit Organisations “Trade” Under The New Work Choices Legislation?, Keeping Good Company, 59(1): 39-44.
McGregor-Lowndes, M. and Richards, R. (2007). Unincorporated Associations and Tort Liability, Queensland Lawyer, 27(1):39-44.
Newton, C. J. & Jimmieson, N. L. (in press), Role stressors, participative control, and subjective fit with organisational culture: Main and moderating effects on employee outcomes, Journal of Management and Organisation, 2007
Nicholson, Gavin and Kiel, Geoff (in press) Can Directors Impact Performance? A case-based test of three theories of corporate governance, Corporate Governance, 15(4): 594-617
Hillman, Amy, Nicholson, Gavin and Shropshire, Christy (in press) The Impact of Director Identity on Board Monitoring and Resource Provision, Organization Science, Special Issue: Corporate Governance
Newnam, Sharon A. and Tay, Richard S. (2007). Evaluation of a Fleet Safety Management Information System. Journal of Advanced Transportation, Canada 41(1):pp.39-52.
Walsh, P., McGregor-Lowndes, M, & Newton, C. J. (in press). Shared services: Lessons from the public and private sectors for the non-profit sector, Australian Journal of Public Administration.
Love, N (2007) The Relevance of Mutulality Principle within the Non-Profit Sector, Third Sector Review, 13(1), 57-72
Leat, D Information for a Messy World: Making Sense of Pre-Grant Inquiry, Third Sector Review, 13(1), 33-71
2007 - Book Chapters
Madden K. and Scaife W. 2007. Corporate philanthropy: who gives and why? (pp. 145-164) In The Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Marketing, Sargeant A. and Wymer W. (Eds). Oxon, England: Routledge.
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles, 2007, ‘Chapter 150’, Caxton Legal Centre’s Lawyers Practice Manual Queensland, Update 47, Lawbook Co., revision
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles, 2007, ‘Chapter 151’, Caxton Legal Centre’s Lawyers Practice Manual Queensland, Update 47, Lawbook Co., revision
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles, 2007, ‘Chapter 152’, Caxton Legal Centre’s Lawyers Practice Manual Queensland, Update 47, Lawbook Co., revision
Nicholson, Gavin J.[in press].Corporate governance in Company Accounting
Nicholson, Gavin J., Kiel, Geoffrey C. and Hendry, Kevin P. [in press]. Bounding the role of the director, in Board members and management consulting: Redefining boundaries.
2006 - Journals
Cornwell, T.B. and Newton, Cameron J. (2006). Dependence in Consumer Behavior Research: Exploring Measurement. Advances in Consumer Research, 33(1): 543-548.
Hough, Alan. (2006). Book Review: In Search of Board Effectiveness. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. San Francisco. 16(3): 373
Madden, Kym. (2006). Giving and Identity: Why affluent Australians give, or don’t, to community causes. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 41(4):453-476.
Madden, Kym. (2006). Growing National Philanthropy: Australia Steps Forward. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 11(3): 155-163.
Madden, Kym, Scaife, Wendy, & Crissman, Kathryn. (2006). How and why small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) engage with their communities: an Australian study. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 11(1), 49-60.
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles and Edwards, Scott (2006). Volunteer Immunity and the Public Sector, AustralianJournal of Public Administration,
Newnam, Sharon, Tay, R., & Mason, C. (2006). Using Psychological Frameworks to Inform the Evaluation of Fleet Safety Initiatives. Safety Science, 44(9):809-820.
McGreogr-Lowndes, Myles, Newton, Cameron J., and Marsden, Stephen. (2006). Did tax incentives play any part in increased giving? Australian Journal of Social Issues, 41(4): 493-507.
Lyons, M., McGregor-Lowndes, Myles and O’Donoghue, P. (2006). Researching Giving and Volunteering in Australia, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 41(4): 385-397.
O’Donoghue, P., McGregor-Lowndes, Myles and Lyons, M. (2006). Policy lessons for strengthening nonprofits, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 41(4): 511-524.
Sargeant, Adrian and Crissman, Kathryn. (2006). Corporate Giving in Australia: An Analysis of Motives and Barriers. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 41(4): 477-492.
Scaife, Wendy (2006). Challenges in Indigenous philanthropy: Reporting Australian grantmakers’ perspectives, Australian Journal of Social Issues, 41(4): 437-452.
2006 - Conference Proceedings
Bryen, Leonie, Madden, Kym and McGregor-Lowndes, Myles (2006). Creating Boomerang Volunteers: Rising to the Challenge of Engaging and Re-Engaging Episodic Volunteers. International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR), 7th International Conference, 9-12 July, Bangko.
Madden, Kym. (2006.) Volunteering as a Stepping Stone in Life: Qualitative Findings from the ‘Giving Australia Project’. National Volunteering Research Symposium, 7-8 March 2006, Melbourne
Madden, Kym and Newton, Cameron J. (2006). New challenges: professional advisers as strategic links to donors. Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research (ANZTSR) Eighth Biennial Conference 26-28th November, 2006, University of South Australia
Madden, Kym. and Scaife, Wendy. (2006). The challenge of encouraging more affluent Australians to give.Social Change Conference. October 2006, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia
Madden, Kym and Scaife, Wendy (2006). Overcoming Barriers to SME Community Engagement. 51st International Council for Small Business Conference, 18-21 June 2006, Melbourne
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles and Chris Ryan. Who Should Bear The Risk? The Party Least Able To Refuse Or The Party Best Able To Manage The Risk? Accountability, Governance & Performance: Achieving Excellence, Governance Issues. Brisbane. 17 Feb 2006
Newton, Cameron J. (2006). Commencing a co-location shared services arrangement: Employee and client perspectives. Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research (ANZTSR) Eighth Biennial Conference 26-28th November, 2006, University of South Australia
Newton, Cameron J. & Jimmieson, N. L. (2006). Subjective fit with organisational culture: Implications for the buffering role of participative control in the stress-strain relationship. Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Conference, 5-8 December. 2006, Central Queensland University
Nicholson, Gavin J., & Newton, Cameron J. (2006). The perceived roles of boards: A corporate elite perspective. Accepted, Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Conference, 5-8 December, 2006, Central Queensland University
Scaife, Wendy and Madden, Kym (2006). Small Could Be Big: Encouraging Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) Community Engagement. International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR), 7th International Conference, 9-12 July, Bangkok
Turnour, Matthew and McGregor-Lowndes, Myles (2006). Beyond Charity: A Jurisprudence for Civil Society. Australia and New Zealand Third Sector Research (ANZTSR) Eighth Biennial Conference 26-28th November, 2006, University of South Australia
2005
Cheverton, Jeff, 2005.Past their Peak? Governance and the Future of Peak Bodies in Australia. Australian Journal of Social Issues. Sydney: Spring 2005. Vol. 40, Iss. 3; p. 427-440.
Flack, Ted and Ryan, Christine2005. Financial Reporting by Australian Nonprofit Organisations: Dilemmas Posed by Government Funders. Australian Journal of Public Administration. Vol. .64, No..3, 69-77
Hough, A., McGregor-Lowndes, M. and Ryan, C. 2005. Theorizing about board governance of nonprofit organisations: surveying the landscape. Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action Conference, Washington DC
Hough, A., McGregor-Lowndes, M. and Ryan, C. 2005. The training grounds of democracy? Social trends and nonprofit governance. Social Change in the 21st Century, Brisbane, QLD
Madden, K. and Scaife, W., 2005.Challenges for the 'Changers' Capacity issues facing local nonprofit organisations. Social Change in the 21st Century, Brisbane, QLD
Madden, Kym, 2005. The Growing Importance of Financial Advisers to Nonprofit Organisations, Fundraising Institute Australia National Conference, Brisbane, February
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles and Nguyen, Linh, 2005. Volunteers and the new tort law reform, Torts Law Journal, Vol 13 (1).
Scaife, Wendy, 2005. Conduits and Catalysts: The Role of a Charitable Health Agency in Connecting the Community to Medical Research Funding. Third Sector Review, Vol 11, No 2.
Steinberg, Margaret, Crow, Rebekah, Cain, Lara, Milford, Cate, 2005. Living and Giving: Older Australians and Charitable Donations. Australasian Journal on Ageing, Vol 24, Iss 1, p. 41, March
2004
Cain, Lara, 2004. Information anxiety and the third sector, Australian Journal on Volunteering, 9(1), pp. 5-12
Hough, Alan, Myles McGregor-Lowndes and Christine Ryan, 2004.‘Beyond Agency Theory: Theories and Perspectives on Nonprofit Board Governance’, Paper to the Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference, QUT, Brisbane, 24-26 November
Leat, Diana, ‘What do Australian foundations do – who knows and who cares?’ Australian Journal of Public Administration, 63(2), pp. 96-105, June 2004
Leiter, Jeffrey, 2004, ‘Structural Isomorphism in Australian Non-Profit Organizations’, Australia New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference, 24-26 November
Leiter, Jeffrey and Sandra Harding, 2004, ‘Trinidad, Brazil and Ghana: Three Melting Moments in the History of Cocoa’, Journal of Rural Studies, Vol 20, pp 113-130
Madden, Kym, 2004, ‘A New Type of Dialogue’, Paper to the Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference, QUT, Brisbane, 24-26 November
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles, Alan Hough and Chris Ryan, 2004. Charitable Governance: the ICSA draft principles of good governance for charities, Keeping Good Companies: Journal of Chartered Secretaries Australia, Ltd, Vol 56, No 8, September
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles, Alan Hough and Chris Ryan, 2004. Policy Governance: ‘Yes, but does it work?, Keeping Good Companies: Journal of Chartered Secretaries Australia, Ltd., Vol 56, No 4, pp231-216
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles and Edwards, Scott, 2004. Volunteer immunity and local government, Local Government Law Journal, Vol 9 November p 53-72
McGregor-Lowndes, Myles and Stephen Marsden, 2004, ‘The Impact of Recent Government Philanthropic Incentives on Tax-Deductible Giving in Australia’, Paper to the Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference, QUT, Brisbane, 24-26 November
Ryan, Chris and Walsh, Peter, 2004, ‘Collaboration of public sector agencies: reporting and accountability challenges’, IJPSM, Vol 17, Iss 7, October
Steinberg Margaret, and Cain Lara 2004, ‘Managing an Ageing Third Sector Workforce: International and Local Perspectives’ Third Sector Review, vol 10 no 1 pp.7-26
Steinberg, Margaret, 2004, ‘Australian Women and Philanthropy’, Paper to the Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research Conference, QUT, Brisbane, 24-26 November
Walsh, Peter and Neal Ryan, ‘Family homelessness: Policy dilemmas’, refereed paper presented at the Public Policy Network Conference: Public Policy in Transition, 29th January 2004, QUT, Brisbane
Reports
ACOSS. (2005). Giving Australia: Research on Philanthropy in Australia. Summary of Findings. Canberra: Prime Minister's Business Community Partnerships
Scaife, W. (2005) Lifting the Life Giving Dollar: Case samples of creative practice in health and medical research philanthropy. Research Australia
Walsh, P. (2003) More Than Just a Roof (PDF, 485kB), the report of the Family Homelessness Project