Nonprofit Governance Research: Limitations of the Focus on Boards and Suggestions for New Directions

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1116-1135

  Cornforth, Chris ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boards; governance; limitations; new research directions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869445157     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764011427959     Document Type: Article

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