Moving governance research forward: A contingency-based framework and data application

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 901-924

  Ostrower, Francie ^a   Stone, Melissa M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; boards; contingency theory; governance; organizational environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956487347     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009338962     Document Type: Article

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