Empirical research on influence of mission statements on the performance of nonprofit organization

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue PART A, 2011, Pages 328-333

  Wang, Yazhou ^a   Lin, Jian ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Mission statements; Nonprofit organization; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; JOB SATISFACTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXTENDED RESEARCHES; MISSION STATEMENT; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SPSS SOFTWARES; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

PLANNING;

EID: 84863175351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.12.052     Document Type: Conference Paper

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