A primary objective of this study is to find the effects of non-professional NGOs' participation in social welfare field. There are some arguments about these effects. Some insist that their participation will enhance the quality and quantity of socia...
A primary objective of this study is to find the effects of non-professional NGOs' participation in social welfare field. There are some arguments about these effects. Some insist that their participation will enhance the quality and quantity of social welfare provision, while others do not think so. To testify the effects of non-professional NGOs' participation in social welfare field, this study analyzes information exchange network and affiliation network among unemployed-relief NGO's in North Cholla province.
Major findings of this study are as follows: First, unemployed-relief NGOs incline to exchange valuable information among those of the same kind. Namely, social welfare organizations incline to flock together, and non-professional NGOs are much the same.
Second, non-professional NGOs are more active to exchange information than social welfare organizations. These are the natural consequences of the character and structure of non-professional NGOs. But, considering the importance of active networking which is one of key conditions to find one's niche, the inertia of social welfare organizations is salient.
Third, unemployed-relief activities of most organizations are very similar. This finding implies that non-professional NGO's participation in unemployed-relief has not produce synergy effect until now. Contrarily, their participation may generate the possibility of competitions and conflicts with social welfare organizations.
To minimize these negative effects, non-professional NGOs and social welfare organizations try to find their niche, to network each other, and to do cooperative action. Government also has the concrete policy directions towards the proper role assigning among unemployed-relief NGOs.