Hagai Katz

Hagai Katz (PhD, UCLA Social Welfare, 2005, MA, Organizational Sociology and BA, Behavioral Science at BGU) has been researching the third sector, civil society and philanthropy since 1996. His current work focuses on three main issues: (1) the management of nonprofit organizations, and philanthropic foundations, and social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs, with a particular interest in the blurring boundaries between business and nonprofit organizations; (2) civil society, especially social change organizations in governance, policy and democracy; (3) social engagement, and particularly giving and volunteering, and by looking at the interrelations between different manifestations of social engagement and pro-social behavior

Research Interests

Nonprofit Management, Philanthropic Foundations, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, Social-Business Hybrid Organizations, Civil Society, Social Change Organizations, Social Engagement, Giving, Volunteering, Pro-Social Behavior.

Education

• University of California, Los Angeles - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Social Welfare 2001 - 2005
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - MA, Organizational Sociology 1994 - 2000
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - BA, Behavioral Science 1990 - 1993

Publications

Gidron, B., Bar M. and Katz, H. (2004). The Israeli Third Sector: Between Civil Society and the Welfare State. New York: Kluwer. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9780306480287

Sasson, U. and Katz, H., (2016). Young change makers: Recruiting and leading adolescent volunteers. Jerusalem: Carmel Publishing. https://www.pardes.co.il/?id=showbook&catnum=978-1-61838-276-4.

Tevel, E., Katz, H., & Brock D. (2015). Nonprofit financial vulnerability: Testing competing models, recommended improvements and implications. Voluntas, 26:6, 2500-2516. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11266-014-9523-5.

Katz, H., & Malul, M. (2015). Do you enjoy giving more or more than others? The positionality of voluntary contributions. Voluntas, 26:6, 2755-2767. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11266-014-9544-0.

Strier, M., & Katz, H. (2015). Trust and parents' involvement in schools of choice. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 44:3, 363-379. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1741143214558569.

Cohen, H. & Katz, H., (2016). Social entrepreneurs narrating their careers: A psychodynamic-existential perspective. Australian Journal of Career Development, 25(2), 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1038416216658046.

Katz, H., (2017). The impact of familiarity and perceived trustworthiness and influence on donations to nonprofits: an unaided recall study. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 30(2), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/10495142.2017.1326874.

Katz, H., & Sasson, U., (2017). Businesses, nonprofits and strategic bridging: the case of workforce integration in Israel. Society and Business Review, 12(2), 121-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-05-2016-0034.

Afik, Z., Levy, A., & Katz, H. (2018). Philanthropic foundations payout and multiyear grants: Between giving today and giving tomorrow. Journal of Wealth Management, 20(4) 33-45. https://doi.org/10.3905/jwm.2018.2018.1.060.

Katz, H., Blekher, M., & Bosch, D. (2018). It’s all about control: understanding reluctance to register for organ donation. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 48(3) 665–680. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0899764018807755.

Afik, Z. & Katz, H. (2019). Reconsidering the philanthropic foundation minimum payout policy under a “new normal”. Journal of Policy Modeling, 41(2), 219-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2018.09.004. Cohen, H., Kaspi-Baruch, O., & Katz, H., (2019). The social entrepreneur puzzle: the background, personality and motivation of Israeli social entrepreneurs. The Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 10(2), 211-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2018.1541010.

Katz, H., & Sasson, U., (2019). Beyond universalistic motivations: Developing an adolescent volunteer functions inventory. Voluntary Sector Review, 10(2), 189-211. https://doi.org/10.1332/204080519X15629379320509.