How should national governing bodies of sport be governed in the UK? An exploratory study of board structure

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 681-693

  Taylor, Marc ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Amateur Swimming Association

Author keywords

Board Structure; Corporate Governance; Directors; NGBs; Non profit Governance; Sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149108383     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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