TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainability of social programs
T2 - A comparative case study analysis
AU - Savaya, Riki
AU - Spiro, Shimon
AU - Elran-Barak, Roni
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The article reports on the findings of a comparative case study of six projects that operated in Israel between 1980 and 2000. The study findings identify characteristics of the programs, the host organizations, and the social and political environment, which differentiated programs that are sustained from those that are not. The findings reaffirm the importance of the human factor, namely, the commitment of the leadership of the host organization. In addition, the findings of these case studies point to factors that until now have not gained sufficient attention, such as the type of host organization or public attitudes toward different target populations.
AB - The article reports on the findings of a comparative case study of six projects that operated in Israel between 1980 and 2000. The study findings identify characteristics of the programs, the host organizations, and the social and political environment, which differentiated programs that are sustained from those that are not. The findings reaffirm the importance of the human factor, namely, the commitment of the leadership of the host organization. In addition, the findings of these case studies point to factors that until now have not gained sufficient attention, such as the type of host organization or public attitudes toward different target populations.
KW - Projects
KW - Social programs
KW - Survival
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=56349120337&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1098214008325126
DO - 10.1177/1098214008325126
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AN - SCOPUS:56349120337
SN - 1098-2140
VL - 29
SP - 478
EP - 493
JO - American Journal of Evaluation
JF - American Journal of Evaluation
IS - 4
ER -