Nonprofit organization governance : a theoretical review / by Stijn Van Puyvelde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Puyvelde, Stijn van.

Series:

Brill Research Perspectives.

Brill research perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 70 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Summary:

Organizational governance has become a popular and important topic in third-sector research. This review focuses on the governance of paid-staff nonprofit organizations (also called nonprofit agencies), which are characterized by a hierarchical structure where the board has the power and the responsibility to ensure that governance functions are carried out. In this review, Van Puyvelde discusses previous literature on nonprofit organization governance. Next, a wide array of theoretical perspectives are presented that may be useful when studying the governance of nonprofit organizations. In order to analyze a number of important contemporary governance challenges, some of these theories are integrated by using a paradox perspective. The underlying idea is that depending upon the governance challenge under consideration, a different combination of theoretical perspectives may be required. Van Puyvelde concludes that different theoretical frameworks can co-exist in the literature, each addressing a different issue in nonprofit governance.

Contents:

Introduction

A review of the literature

Theoretical perspectives

Integrating theoretical perspectives

Conclusion.

Notes:

"Originally published as Volume 1(3) 2016, in Voluntaristics Review"--Page following title page.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

90-04-32176-4

OCLC:

950430551

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004321762 DOI