Nonprofit organizational effectiveness: Contrasts between especially effective and less effective organizations

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-38

  Herman, Robert D ^a   Renz, David O ^a  

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EID: 0008978658     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.9102     Document Type: Article

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