Managing stakeholder demands: Balancing responsiveness to clients and funding agents in nonprofit social service organizations

Administration and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-184

  LeRoux, Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Nonprofit governance; Nonprofit stakeholders; Resource dependence; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 62849099942     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399709332298     Document Type: Article

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