The governance self-assessment checklist: An instrument for assessing board effectiveness

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 271-294

  Gill, Mel ^a   Flynn, Robert J ^b   Reissing, Elke ^b  

^a Synergy Associates   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 85040413558     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.69     Document Type: Article

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