Can resource dependence and coercive isomorphism explain nonprofit organizations' compliance with reporting standards?

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-32

  Verbruggen, Sandra ^a   Christiaens, Johan ^b   Milis, Koen ^a  

^a HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

coercive isomorphism; compliance; financial reporting; nonprofit organization; resource dependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650992299     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009355061     Document Type: Article

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