Breaches in the Boardroom: Organizational Identity and Conflicts of Commitment in a Nonprofit Organization

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Golden Biddle, Karen ^a   Rao, Hayagreeva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board Governance; Nonprofit Organizations; Organizational Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542528870     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.6.593     Document Type: Article

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