Nonprofit Organization Governance

A Theoretical Review
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-32175-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 70 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 308 g

Reihe: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences / Voluntaristics Review

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Puyvelde, Stijn van

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Über Autor(innen)

Stijn Van Puyvelde (Ph.D. 2013, Free University of Brussels), is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Mannheim. His research has been published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Voluntas, Nonprofit Management and Leadership, and Public Management Review.