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Beyond Compassion: Unveiling New Talent Logic in Nonprofit Organizations During Professionalization
Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) play a crucial role in contributing to societal betterment. Despite the extensive literature on human resource management (HRM) within NPOs, there remains a noticeable gap in research, particularly regarding paid employees in small voluntary organizations within the evolving landscape of the third sector's professionalization. This study draws on institutional logics theory to investigate the evolving concept of “talent” during the professionalization of small NPOs and the operationalization of talent identification. Through a multiple-case study, we have delineated and conceptualized three talent logics that currently guide the practices of small NPOs. We elucidate how these organizations introduce, blend, or discard different logics and examine how employees respond to these transformative changes.