Effective governance in nonprofit organizations: A literature based multiple stakeholder approach

L Wellens, M Jegers - European Management Journal, 2014 - Elsevier
Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are increasingly required to become (more) effective. This
review summarizes and integrates the results of studies focusing on NPOs' governance …

Board strategic balance: An emerging sport governance theory

L Ferkins, D Shilbury - Sport management review, 2015 - Elsevier
Despite the important role governing boards play in organisational life our understanding of
their strategic function is limited. This paper embarks on theory development to explain the …

Leadership and governance in times of crisis: A balancing act for nonprofit boards

C McMullin, P Raggo - Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the roles of nonprofit boards? We reflect
critically on the leadership and management activities of boards to understand the …

Nonprofit governance research: Limitations of the focus on boards and suggestions for new directions

C Cornforth - Nonprofit and voluntary sector quarterly, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines some of the main limitations of research on the governance of
nonprofit organizations. It argues that there are limitations in both the way governance has …

Which nonprofit gets more government funding? Nonprofits' organizational attributes and their receipts of government funding

J Lu - Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Government represents one of the most important funding sources for nonprofit
organizations. However, the literature has not yet provided a systematic understanding of …

Good boards are strategic: What does that mean for sport governance?

L Ferkins, D Shilbury - Journal of sport management, 2012 - journals.humankinetics.com
To learn more about the governance of sport organizations, this study explored what
meaning board members of national sport organizations (NSOs) attach to the concept of …

Gender and ethnic diversity on boards and corporate responsibility: The case of the arts sector

F Azmat, R Rentschler - Journal of Business Ethics, 2017 - Springer
This study provides insights on sector-specific characteristics, challenges and issues that
affect corporate responsibility (CR) in relation to ethnicity and gender on arts boards. Using …

Sport governance encounters: Insights from lived experiences

D Shilbury, L Ferkins, L Smythe - Sport management review, 2013 - Elsevier
This study explored sport governance practice from the lived experience of one informant
spanning a 30-year period in the governance of two sport organisations (basketball and …

Revisiting agency and stewardship theories: Perspectives from nonprofit board chairs and CEOs

R Bernstein, K Buse, D Bilimoria - Nonprofit Management and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Using principal–agent theories, this study examined differences in the perceptions of
nonprofit chief executive officers (CEOs) and board chairs on key governance aspects …

Whiteness and masculinity in nonprofit organizations: Law, money, and institutional race and gender

N Heckler - Administrative Theory & Praxis, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Using an institutional framework and critical race and gender theories, this article argues
that performances adopted by nonprofits to conform to the legal and economic realities of …