Carrie

Notable Achievements

Dr. Oelberger's research takes up the understudied examination of prosocial organizations’ internal dynamics. Furthermore, she details how ignoring these internal dynamics leads to a range of deleterious outcomes, from systematic patterns of workforce burnout on an individual-level to inequitable forms of decision making on an organizational-level, which end up harming the ecosystem of prosocial work, on an institutional-level. She currently examines these dynamics across two crucial sets of actors within the prosocial ecosystem:

1) Funding and Context-Setting: Grantmaking Foundations. How do the non-altruistic interests of grantmaking foundations influence their decision-making processes and funding decisions? How do their resulting decisions impact the ecosystem of prosocial work, particularly along dimensions of equity and effectiveness?

2) Design and Implementation: The Workforce in Prosocial Organizations. How do the staff across various prosocial organizations approach, experience, and navigate their work? What are the implications of these processes for their personal wellbeing, their non-work relationships, their careers, and the people their organization serves?