Preserving the Publicness of the Nonprofit Sector: Resources, Roles, and Public Values

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 656-685

  Moulton, Stephanie ^a   Eckerd, Adam ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

nonprofit organizations; public values; publicness; resource dependence; roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864293098     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764011419517     Document Type: Article

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