How Are We Doing? A Multiple Constituency Approach to Civic Association Effectiveness

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 632-655

  Jun, Kyu Nahm ^a   Shiau, Ellen ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

advisory community organizations; multiple constituency approach; organizational effectiveness; voluntary civic associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864316284     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764011415119     Document Type: Article

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