Voluntary accountability carried out by nonprofit organizations seeks to ensure
organizational adherence to financial and ethical standards beyond legal regulations …

Nonprofit organizations highly depend on the public's trust for legitimacy and support, to
ultimately further their missions. Despite its high importance, little is known about the trust …

This study develops and tests a model that evaluates eight antecedents of charity trust and
its influence on volunteering and donating. Secondary data from a national Australian …

Stakeholders are demanding nonprofit organizations (NPOs) continually improve and work
effectively in an ever-changing environment. While there are many ways to approach this …

Purpose This paper aims to untangle the underlying mechanisms through which
reputational signals promote stakeholders' intentions to donate in nonprofit organizations via …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test the association between various stakeholder
groups and whether nonprofit organizations (NPOs) have obtained accountability …

In this study, we experimentally test the impact of a formal signal (a third-party certificate)
and an informal signal (self-proclaimed management quality with respect to social …

Voluntary certification that signals nonprofit organizations' legitimacy has been found to be
positively related to charitable donations in Europe and North America. However, whether …

Charitable nonprofits are engaging at increasing rates in market-based activities. This study
examined Canadian public perception of nonprofits' market-based activities. Latent …

To maintain society's trust, nonprofit executives and board members may benefit from
understanding the decision criteria appropriate for difficult situations. After discussing a case …