Resolving Accountability Ambiguity in Nonprofit Organizations

Voluntas

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-580

  Williams, Andrew P ^a   Taylor, Jennifer A ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holistic accountability; Instrumental accountability; Legitimacy; Negotiated accountability; Nonprofit accountability

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; COMPLEXITY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84881004031     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-012-9266-0     Document Type: Article

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