Board activities, involvement, and public transit performance

Administration and Society

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-257

  Ugboro, Isaiah O ^a   Obeng, Kofi ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board activities; Board effectiveness; Organizational performance; Public sector organizations; Public transit boards

Indexed keywords

EID: 62849125296     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399708328873     Document Type: Article

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