Exploring the key roles for nonprofit boards

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 536-546

  Brown, William A ^a   Guo, Chao ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Governance theories; Roles and responsibilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952008261     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009334588     Document Type: Article

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