1st Edition
Nonprofit Trusteeship in Different Contexts
167 Pages
by
Routledge
167 Pages
by
Routledge
167 Pages
by
Routledge
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Critical interest in the characteristics, make-up and management of nonprofit organizations has seldom been higher. As this impetus grows, this important book draws on advances in neo-institutional organizational theory to explore the environmental and contextual influences on the structure and composition of boards of nonprofit organizations. Using information theoretic modelling, the book... Read more
Contents: Boards of trustees and their intellectual environment; Boards and their varying nature; From whence structure: time period imprinting; Regional cultures of trusteeship; Industry cultures of trusteeship; What difference does faith make?; The six cities trusteeship project dataset; Statistical models and model selection; Analyses of trusteeship in different contexts; Summary and conclusions; Appendix A: Organizations examined in the study; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
RIKKI ABZUG New School University, USA. JEFFREY S. SIMONOFF New York University, USA
