An exploration of stewardship theory in a Not-for-Profit organisation

Accounting Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-284

  Kluvers, Ron ^a   Tippett, John ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extrinsic rewards; Intrinsic rewards; Motivation; Not for Profit organisations

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755161059     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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