Contingency, behavioural and evolutionary perspectives on public and non-profit governance [electronic resource] /
edited by Luca Gnan, Alessandro Hinna, Fabio Monteduro.
- Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2015.
- 1 online resource (xiii, 307 p.) : ill.
- Studies in public and non-profit governance, v. 4 2051-6630 ; .
- Studies in public and non-profit governance ; v. 4. .
Managing paradoxes in governance : tensions in the emergence of a new board / Linda Hoglund, Mikael Holmgren Caicedo, Maria Martensson -- Exploring antecedents and impact of board effectiveness in clean-tech enterprises / Ekaterina S. Bjornali, Andreas Ellingsen -- Thou shall not meddle : exploring autonomy in the board-executive director relationship / Gregory Bott -- Who cares about public interests? A casebased analysis of the role of boards, in Dutch semipublic organizations / Hans van Ees ... [et al.] -- Defining hybridity and hybrid contingencies in public organizations : an alternative conceptual model / Lode De Waele, Liselore Berghman, Paul Matthyssens -- Political pressures : too large, too small, or just right? / Patricio Rojas -- An anatomy of governance failures in municipal bankruptcy / Enrico Guarini, Anna De Toni, Cinzia Vallone -- Leadership in local government organizations in Lithuania and Germany / Irma Rybnikova ... [et al.] -- Participatory governance in the networks of stakeholders : expression of collective identity / Birute Mikulskiene -- Governance learning : building a network around managerial innovations / Chloe Vitry, Eduardo Chia.
This volume assesses governance in public and non-profit organizations. Building on and challenging recent research in this area, this volume critically examines the contextual, behavioural and historical factors of governance. Topics include; the role, behaviour and effectiveness of a board of directors; the relationships between board members and stakeholders; innovations in governance; accountability, transparency and integrity of governance; measuring and assessing organizational performance and new forms of governance arrangements in service provision.
Political Science--Public Affairs & Administration. Public administration. Corporate governance. Nonprofit organizations--Management. Public administration.