Testing the Implementation, Board Performance, and Organizational Effectiveness of the Policy Governance Model in Nonprofit Boards of Directors

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 571-595

  Nobbie, Patricia Dautel ^a   Brudney, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Board governance; Boards of directors; Carver; Policy governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344153894     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764003257460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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