This article applies the concept of organizational identity to the structural issues faced by national and international nonprofit umbrella associations. Such associations grapple with several possible self‐concepts, including goal‐seeking systems, economies, and polities . Two associations—CIVICUS and Girls Incorporated—are studied in depth. Consensus around aclear identity is found to be a key factor in resolving the structural dilemmas of these associations.
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Dennis R. Young (2001) studied this question.