Meso level Social Impact: Meaningful Indicators of Community Contribution

Edwards, M; Onyx, J; Maxwell, H; Darcy, SA

Meso level Social Impact: Meaningful Indicators of Community Contribution

Edwards, M

Onyx, J

Maxwell, H Darcy, SA

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012, 4 (3), pp. 18 - 37
Issue Date:: 2012-01

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dc.contributor.author	Edwards, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3627-7314	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Onyx, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7166-833X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Maxwell, H	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Darcy, SA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5394-2566	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2012, 4 (3), pp. 18 - 37	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	Social impact measures are not widely agreed, nor implemented by third sector organisations. Meso level indicators of social impact are underdeveloped. Financialised methods such as Social Return on Investment can only account for direct outcomes of defined programs and activities. The broader societal impacts of any such activities are undervalued. This paper outlines the findings of a grounded theoretical approach to determining measures of social impact within a large Australian iconic third sector organisation. Several key factors revealed in this study are discussed in regards to their potential for attributing social impact to organisational activities outside of a program specific outcome. Based on these findings the paper concludes that the development of a tool to measure meso level organisational social impact of third sector organisations may be attainable.	en_US
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dc.title	Meso level Social Impact: Meaningful Indicators of Community Contribution	en_US
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Abstract:

Social impact measures are not widely agreed, nor implemented by third sector organisations. Meso level indicators of social impact are underdeveloped. Financialised methods such as Social Return on Investment can only account for direct outcomes of defined programs and activities. The broader societal impacts of any such activities are undervalued. This paper outlines the findings of a grounded theoretical approach to determining measures of social impact within a large Australian iconic third sector organisation. Several key factors revealed in this study are discussed in regards to their potential for attributing social impact to organisational activities outside of a program specific outcome. Based on these findings the paper concludes that the development of a tool to measure meso level organisational social impact of third sector organisations may be attainable.

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