Board Power and Organizational Effectiveness Among Human Service Agencies
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 23 (2) , 221-236
- https://doi.org/10.5465/255428
Abstract
This study examines the importance of an externally powerful board of directors to the effectiveness (ability to attract scarce resources) of 46 human service agencies operating within the same community. Traditional assumptions regarding the importance of a powerful board were supported when effectiveness was operationalized using static measures of funding but were not supported when dynamic measures were used.Keywords
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