The Adoption of the Corporate Governance Model by Nonprofit Organizations

In: Nonprofit management & leadership, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 223-242

Abstract

AbstractThis article examines the circumstances under which nonprofit organizations adopt corporate governance practices. In the study reported here, the authors found that adoption of corporate governance practices depends primarily on the presence of a supportive institutional (that is, value) context as well as available resources to support governance restructuring. These findings strongly suggest that the adoption of structures and practices from the for‐profit sector is neither a feasible nor even a desirable solution to problems facing many nonprofit organizations.