Nonprofit Governance and Accountability: Broadening the Theoretical Perspective

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 75-97

  Coule, Tracey M ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

accountability; case studies; compliance; governance; legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961287983     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: 15527395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764013503906     Document Type: Article

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