• DOI:10.1177/0899764005283437
Corpus ID: 154214643

The Larger They Get: The Changing Size Distributions of Private Human Service Organizations

@article{Tucker2006TheLT,
  title={The Larger They Get: The Changing Size Distributions of Private Human Service Organizations},
  author={D. Tucker and David H Sommerfeld},
  journal={Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly},
  year={2006},
  volume={35},
  pages={183 - 203}
}

D. Tucker, David H Sommerfeld

Published 2006

Economics

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Although systematic studies on trends in the size distributions of private human service organizations do not exist, most observers assume that the dominant trend parallels that of the U.S. economy’s movement to a higher proportion of smaller organizations. This article investigates this assumption and finds evidence that calls its validity into question. Explanations of the trend to larger organizations are offered, and it is suggested that more attention needs to be given to the repercussions… CONTINUE READING

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