Mark Hager

Emeritus Professor,

School of Community Resources & Development (CRD)

Other ASU affiliations

Emeritus College

Senior Global Futures Scholar, Global Futures Scientists and Scholars

Center for Organization Research and Design (CORD)

Mark.Hager@asu.edu

School of Community Resources & Development ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus, UCENT 535 Mail Code 4020 Phoenix, AZ 85004
Mail code: 4020

Campus: Dtphx
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Long Bio

Mark A. Hager is an ASU emeritus professor. He was associate professor in the School of Community Resources and Development from 2008 to 2022.

Education

Ph.D. Sociology, University of Minnesota, 1999. Dissertation: Explaining Demise among Nonprofit Organizations. Gabriel G. Rudney Memorial Award for an Outstanding Dissertation in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, November 2000. Best Dissertation Award, Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division, August 2000.
M.A. Sociology, University of Minnesota, 1995
B.S. Speech (Rhetoric), Kansas State University, 1990

Curriculum Vitae

Research Website URL

http://mhager.net/

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ELrP8wcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Research Interests

Community of Science Keywords:

Arts Administration, Arts Planning or Policy, Community Development or Revitalization, Community Ecology, Community or Outreach Programs, Community Services, Community Studies, Corporate or Nonprofit Philanthropy, Museum Funding, Nonprofit Management, Organizational Theory and Behavior, Performing Arts, Public Policy, Regional Economics, Regional Planning or Policy, Social Organization, Social Sciences, Social Services Delivery, Social Welfare, Social Welfare Planning or Policy, Urban Sociology, Volunteers.

Publications

ChiaKo Hung and Mark A. Hager. 2019. "The Impact of Revenue Diversification on Nonprofit Financial Health: A Meta-Analysis." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48(1): 5-27. Presented at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Austin, TX.

Tyler Adams, Erica Mazzella, Kathy Renfro, Linda Schilling and Mark A. Hager. 2016. "Measurement in Volunteer Administration: Seven Arenas." International Journal of Volunteer Administration. 32(1): 22-31. Presented at the 2015 West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference, San Diego, CA.

Mark A. Hager & E.C. Hedberg. 2016. "Institutional Trust, Sector Confidence, and Charitable Giving." Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing 28(3): 164-184. Presented at the 2011 West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference, Tucson, AZ.

Mark A. Hager & Susanne McArdle. 2015. "Dimensions of Sales Tax Exemption Policy: The Arizona Model." Nonprofit Policy Forum 6(1): 45-58.

Mark A. Hager & Jeffrey L. Brudney. 2015. "In Search of Strategy: Universalistic, Contingent, and Configurational Adoption of Volunteer Management Practices." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 25(3): 235-254.

Kandyce M. Fernandez & Mark A. Hager. 2014. "Public and Private Dimensions of Grantmaking Foundations." Public Administration Quarterly 38(3): 405-439.

Kelly Proulx, Mark A. Hager & Kimberly Klein. 2014. "Models of Collaboration between Nonprofit Organizations." International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management 63(6): 746-765.

Mark A. Hager. 2014. "Engagement Motivations in Professional Associations." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 43(2S): 39S-60S. Winner, 2014 ASAE Award for Outstanding Academic Publication on Membership Organizations.

Mark A. Hager. 2013. “Gathering Information from Nonprofits: Toward Representative Survey Samples.” Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership 3(1): 47-59.

Mark A. Hager. 2013. “Toward Emergent Strategy in Volunteer Administration.” International Journal of Volunteer Administration 29(3): 13-22.

Mark A. Hager & Elizabeth T. Boris. 2013. "Compensation for Governance in Grantmaking Foundations." Public Integrity 15(1): 51-69.

Mark A. Hager & HeeKyung Sung. 2012. “Local Arts Agency Participation in Cultural Tourism Management.” Journal of Heritage Tourism 7(3): 205-217.

Mark A. Hager & HeeKyung Sung. 2012. "Local Arts Agencies as Destination Management Organizations." Journal of Travel Research 51(4):400-411.

Mark A. Hager & Mary Kopczynski Winkler. 2012. "Motivational and Demographic Factors for Performing Arts Attendance across Place and Form." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 41(3): 474-496.

Mark A. Hager & Jeffrey L. Brudney. 2011. "Problems Recruiting Volunteers: Nature versus Nurture." Nonprofit Management & Leadership 22(2): 137-157. Winner, Editors’ Prize for Best Paper in Issue 22.

Courses

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
NLM 510	The Nonprofit Sector
NLM 550	Philanthropy
NLM 550	Philanthropy
NLM 510	The Nonprofit Sector

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
NLM 510	The Nonprofit Sector
NLM 550	Philanthropy
NLM 550	Philanthropy
NLM 592	Research
CRD 799	Dissertation

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
NLM 595	Continuing Registration
NLM 510	The Nonprofit Sector
NLM 595	Continuing Registration
NLM 510	The Nonprofit Sector

2020 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
NLM 595	Continuing Registration

2020 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
CRD 792	Research
NLM 595	Continuing Registration
NLM 550	Philanthropy
NLM 550	Philanthropy
NLM 595	Continuing Registration

2019 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
NLM 510	The Nonprofit Sector
CRD 792	Research
NLM 592	Research

Presentations

Mark A. Hager. Understanding Births and Deaths for the Nonprofit Sector. 2014 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Nov 2014).
Mark A. Hager. Evidence-Based Volunteering Management: Bridging the Gap. 2014 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Nov 2014).
Mark A. Hager. (Almost) 100 Years of the Charitable Deduction. 2014 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Nov 2014).
Mark A. Hager, Kelly E. Proulx and Denise A. Wittstock. The Promise and Perils of Volgistics. 2013 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Nov 2013).
Mark A. Hager and Lars Ward. Accountants as Fundraisers: Implications of Using Paid Preparers for Form 990. 2013 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Nov 2013).
Mark A. Hager. The Influence of Publicness on Operations Transparency in Administrative Reporting. 2013 West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference, Berkeley, CA (May 2013).
Mark A. Hager and Susanne McArdle. Dimensions of Sales Tax Exemption Policy: The Arizona Model. 2012 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Nov 2012).
Patrick Rooney, Thomas Pollak, Michal Kramarek and Mark Hager. Re-Evaluation of Overhead and Fundraising Efficiency Measures: The Role of Size, Age, and Subsector. 2012 annual meeting of the International Society for Third Sector Research, Siena, Italy (Jul 2012).
Mark A. Hager and Jeffrey L. Brudney. Universalistic versus Contingent Adoption of Volunteer Management Practices. 2011 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (Nov 2011).
Mark A. Hager and E.C. Hedberg. Institutional Trust, Sector Confidence, and Charitable Giving. 2011 West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference, Tucson, AZ (May 2011).

Honors / Awards

Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching, Arizona State University, School of Community Resources & Development, 2017.

Editors Prize for Best Scholarly Paper, Volume 25 of Nonprofit Management & Leadership: Mark A. Hager and Jeffrey L. Brudney for “In Search of Strategy: Universalistic, Contingent, and Configurational Adoption of Volunteer Management Practices,” 2016.

Outstanding Faculty Award for Service, Arizona State University, School of Community Resources & Development, 2016.

American Society for Association Executives Award for Outstanding Academic Publication on Membership Organizations: Mark A. Hager for “Engagement Motivations in Professional Associations,” 2014.

Editors Prize for Best Scholarly Paper, Volume 22 of Nonprofit Management & Leadership: Mark A. Hager and Jeffrey L. Brudney for “Problems Recruiting Volunteers: Nature versus Nurture,” 2013.

Outstanding Reviewer Award, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2011.

Best Paper, 2004 Davis Conference on Qualitative Research, Davis, CA.

Editorships

Editor-in-Chief, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 2015-present.

Editorial Board, Voluntaristics Review, 2014-present.

Editorial Board, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2010-2014.

Editorial Board, Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 2009-2014.

Professional Associations

Member, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, 1995-present
Program Organizer, ARNOVA Doctoral Fellows Seminar, 2018-
Lead Faculty, ARNOVA-Africa Doctoral Fellows Seminar (Nairobi, Kenya), 2019
Lead Faculty, ARNOVA Doctoral Fellows Seminar, 2017-2018
Chair, ARNOVA Best Dissertation Committee, 2018
Member, ARNOVA Best Dissertation Committee, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2017
Member, ARNOVA Best Conference Paper Committee, 2014
Member, Best NVSQ Article Committee, 2012
Board of Directors, Chair of Research Committee, 2008-2010
Member, Conference Program Committee, 2000-2002, 2010
Member, Membership Committee, 2000-2001
Conference Paper Reviewer, 2000-2006
Member, Academy of Management, 1996-1998, 2002-2003, 2015-2018
Chair, Best Dissertation Award Committee, AoM Public & Nonprofit Division: 2016, 2017

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

Doctoral advisor, ChiaKo Hung: "Knowledge Advancement in Nonprofit and Public Management Research: The Potential of Meta-Analysis," 2019. Faculty appointment: University of Hawaii

Doctoral advisor, HeeKyung Sung: "The Influence and Role of Arts on Community Well-being," 2015. Faculty appointment: California State University, Northridge

Doctoral advisor, Kandyce Fernandez: "Dimensions of Partnership in Cross-Sector Relationships: A Multi-Case Study of Local Education Foundations," 2014. Faculty Appointment: University of Texas at San Antonio

Expertise Areas

Nonprofit Operations Management

Nonprofit Organizations

Organizational Behavior