Motives for Mergers Among Family and Child-Serving Agencies

This dissertation explores what motivates not-for-profit social service agencies to merge and whether the merger achieves what was intended. It also looks at unanticipated problems and changes to mission statements as a result of the merger. A triangulation methodology incorporated a quantitative survey instrument and case studies to conduct the research. The agencies included in the study have experienced a merger since 1988 and are members of the Alliance for Children and Families, a national organization of family and child-serving agencies.Wenger, Hilda Shirk is the author of 'Motives for Mergers Among Family and Child-Serving Agencies' with ISBN 9781581120899 and ISBN 1581120893.