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Building Theories-in-Practice on Social Innovation in Disability Nonprofit Organizations

Building Theories-in-Practice on Social Innovation in Disability Nonprofit Organizations

Rachel Taylor, Nuttaneeya (Ann) Torugsa
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 30
ISBN13: 9781668435427|ISBN10: 166843542X|EISBN13: 9781668435434
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3542-7.ch009
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Taylor, Rachel, and Nuttaneeya (Ann) Torugsa. "Building Theories-in-Practice on Social Innovation in Disability Nonprofit Organizations." Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 143-172. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3542-7.ch009

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Taylor, R. & (Ann) Torugsa, N. (2022). Building Theories-in-Practice on Social Innovation in Disability Nonprofit Organizations. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society (pp. 143-172). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3542-7.ch009

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Taylor, Rachel, and Nuttaneeya (Ann) Torugsa. "Building Theories-in-Practice on Social Innovation in Disability Nonprofit Organizations." In Research Anthology on Physical and Intellectual Disabilities in an Inclusive Society, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 143-172. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3542-7.ch009

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the key theoretical and empirical steps undertaken throughout the authors' previous-but-related mixed methods studies on social innovation in nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in the Australian disability sector with the aim of using the key findings of these studies to develop ‘theories-in-practice' in disability NPOs. In this chapter, the authors summarize the associated theory-building processes deployed to explain how disability NPOs develop and implement social innovations and the societal ‘system-level' impacts of such innovations. These theory-building processes involve two broad phases, and the culmination of these phases (grounded in the abductive logics of inquiry, complexity theorizing, and set-theoretic methods) leads to the development of several ‘theories-to-practice' that not only convey the interactivity of contextual causal mechanisms leading to social innovation by NPOs, but also outline change-oriented solutions for managers who are working to address complex social challenges.

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