A grounded qualitative study of the meanings of effectiveness in Canadian 'Results-Focused' environmental organizations

Voluntas

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-219

  Dart Dr , Raymond ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Environmental organization; Nonprofit organization; Social construction

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 77951731886     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-009-9101-4     Document Type: Article

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