Nonprofit Governance Research: Limitations of the Focus on Boards and Suggestions for New Directions
Nonprofit Governance Research: Limitations of the Focus on Boards and Suggestions for New Directions
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DOI：
10.1177/0899764011427959
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Cornforth, Chris
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作者：
Cornforth, Chris
本文探讨了非营利组织治理研究的一些主要局限性。它认为，在治理的概念化和研究治理的方式方面都存在局限性。它表明，研究过于狭隘地集中在单一制组织的董事会上，忽视了更广泛的治理系统和许多组织已经形成的更复杂的多层次和多方面的治理结构。它还认为，占主导地位的研究设计采用了横截面和实证取向。因此，很少有人关注董事会的程序和变化，以及它们如何受到背景和历史因素的影响。在此基础上，简要地指出了非营利组织治理研究的一些新方向。
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 been conceptualized and the ways in which it has been researched. It suggests that research has focused too narrowly on the boards of unitary organizations, and ignored both the wider governance system and the more complex multilevel and multifaceted governance structures that many organizations have evolved. It also argues that the dominant research designs employed have been cross-sectional and positivist in orientation. As a result, too little attention has been paid to board processes and change and how they are influenced by contextual and historical factors. Based on this analysis, some new directions for nonprofit governance research are briefly mapped out.