The Role of the Board in Building Strategic Capability: Towards an Integrated Model of Sport Governance Research

Sport Management Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-225

  Ferkins, Lesley ^a   Shilbury, David ^b   McDonald, Gael ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

boards; governance; strategic capability; volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749089796     PISSN: 14413523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-3523(05)70039-5     Document Type: Article

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