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Table II.

Categories and subcategories of affordances of technology in nonprofit organizations

Category of affordance	Sub-category of affordance	Main references
Coordination	Managing budgets and financial resources. Coordinating activities and the implementation of projects (agendas) Sharing information and communicating with the internal public Developing human capital - organizational learning Building a collaborative workspace - reconfiguration of internal relationships. Standardizing the quality of services Making the workspace flexible (team mobility through teleworking)	Elliott et al. (1998); Berlinger and Te’eni (1999); Alexander (2000), Burt and Taylor (2000); Schneider (2003); Te’eni and Young (2003); Saidel and Cour (2003), Burt and Taylor (2003); Lee (2010); Zorn et al. (2011); Saab et al. (2013)
Networking formation	Promoting association with other organizations to constitute networks Reconfiguring relationships with external organizations promoting internationalization Sharing knowledge and experiences with other organizations Promoting political and economic association with other actors	Elliott et al. (1998), Burt and Taylor (2000); Burt and Taylor (2003); Te’eni and Young (2003); Lee (2010), Zort et al. (2013); Ngamassi et al. (2014)
Communication, mobilization and advocacy	Mobilizing and coordinating actors to participate in the actions developed Conducting campaigns that give visibility to the name and organization of the social role Influencing the actors in regards to the causes advocated as a way of impacting society and empowering groups and communities Defending collective objectives (lobby) for the resolution of a problem or the rights of an entity or group Influencing decision-making and gaining public opinion on an issue	Elliott et al. (1998), McNutt and Boland (1999); Burt and Taylor (2000), Brainard and Brinkerhoff (2004); Fryer and Granger (2008), Lee (2010); Zort et al. (2013), Eimhjellen et al. (2014); Tremblay-Boire and Prakash (2015)
Access to resources and accountability	Conducting campaigns to obtain financial funds Accessing public notices and public and private funding programs Committing to transparency regarding the activities and use of resources (informational and accounting transparency - accountability) Assisting the funding agencies in monitoring fund use	Alexander (2000), Ebrahim (2002); Schneider (2003), Saidel and Cour (2003); Finn et al. (2006), Vaccaro and Madsen (2009); Lee (2010); Zorn et al. (2011); Rodríguez et al. (2012); Saab et al. (2013), Zort et al. (2013); Eimhjellen et al. (2014), Tremblay-Boire and Prakash (2015)

Category of affordance	Sub-category of affordance	Main references
Coordination	Managing budgets and financial resources.Coordinating activities and the implementation of projects (agendas)Sharing information and communicating with the internal publicDeveloping human capital - organizational learningBuilding a collaborative workspace - reconfiguration of internal relationships.Standardizing the quality of servicesMaking the workspace flexible (team mobility through teleworking)	Elliott et al. (1998); Berlinger and Te’eni (1999); Alexander (2000), Burt and Taylor (2000); Schneider (2003); Te’eni and Young (2003); Saidel and Cour (2003), Burt and Taylor (2003); Lee (2010); Zorn et al. (2011); Saab et al. (2013)
Networking formation	Promoting association with other organizations to constitute networksReconfiguring relationships with external organizations promoting internationalizationSharing knowledge and experiences with other organizationsPromoting political and economic association with other actors	Elliott et al. (1998), Burt and Taylor (2000); Burt and Taylor (2003); Te’eni and Young (2003); Lee (2010), Zort et al. (2013); Ngamassi et al. (2014)
Communication, mobilization and advocacy	Mobilizing and coordinating actors to participate in the actions developedConducting campaigns that give visibility to the name and organization of the social roleInfluencing the actors in regards to the causes advocated as a way of impacting society and empowering groups and communitiesDefending collective objectives (lobby) for the resolution of a problem or the rights of an entity or groupInfluencing decision-making and gaining public opinion on an issue	Elliott et al. (1998), McNutt and Boland (1999); Burt and Taylor (2000), Brainard and Brinkerhoff (2004); Fryer and Granger (2008), Lee (2010); Zort et al. (2013), Eimhjellen et al. (2014); Tremblay-Boire and Prakash (2015)
Access to resources and accountability	Conducting campaigns to obtain financial fundsAccessing public notices and public and private funding programsCommitting to transparency regarding the activities and use of resources (informational and accounting transparency - accountability)Assisting the funding agencies in monitoring fund use	Alexander (2000), Ebrahim (2002); Schneider (2003), Saidel and Cour (2003); Finn et al. (2006), Vaccaro and Madsen (2009); Lee (2010); Zorn et al. (2011); Rodríguez et al. (2012); Saab et al. (2013), Zort et al. (2013); Eimhjellen et al. (2014), Tremblay-Boire and Prakash (2015)