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This collection offers a comprehensive assessment of research on the governance of nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit governance research has been dominated by the study of boards of unitary organizations and has paid insufficient attention to the multi-level nature of governance, governance relationships and dynamics, and the contribution of actors other than board members, to governance processes. Drawing on the research of leading scholars in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, this book presents new perspectives on non-profit governance, which help to overcome these weaknesses.
List of contents
1. Nonprofit Governance Research: The Need for Innovative Perspectives and Approaches Part I: The State of the Field 2. Nonprofit Governance Research: A Review of the Field 3. Out of the Shadows: Nonprofit Governance Research from a Democratic and Critical Perspective Part II: Understanding Board Member Behaviour 4. The Role and Impact of Chairs and Nonprofit Boards 5. Antecedents to Board Member Engagement in Deliberation and Decision Making Part III: Board Processes and Behaviour 6. Learning to be, Learning About: A Socio-Cultural Learning Approach to Board Practice 7.Beneath the Surgace and Around the Table: Exploring Group Dynamics in Boards 8. Board Monitoring and Judgement as Processes of Sensemaking Part IV: Changing Governance Structures and Relationships 9. Dilemmas in the Board-Staff Dynamics of Nonprofit Governance 10. Community Engagement Governance: Engaging Stakeholders for Community Impact 11. The Evolution of Corporate Governance Structures and Relationships in English Housing Association Part V: Multi-Level Governance 12. The Dynamics of Nested Governance: A Systems Perspective 13. Adaptive Governance in Collaborations: Design Propositions from Research and Practice 14. Lessons for Governance Research and Practice: Examining Behavioural Processes and Conceptual Resources
About the author
Chris Cornforth is Professor of Organizational Governance and Management at the Open University, UK
William A. Brown is Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management at Texas A&M University, USA
