The Governance of Nonprofit Organizations: Integrating Agency Theory With Stakeholder and Stewardship Theories

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-451

  van Puyvelde, Stijn ^a   Caers, Ralf ^b   du Bois, Cind ^c   Jegers, Marc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

agency theory; nonprofit organizations; principal agent; stakeholder theory; stewardship theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861799198     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764011409757     Document Type: Article

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