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Book SynopsisThis volume accesses 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.
Table of ContentsManaging Paradoxes in Governance – Tensions in the Emergence of a New Board. Exploring Antecedents and Impact of Board Effectiveness in Clean-Tech Enterprises. Thou Shall Not Meddle: Exploring Autonomy in the Board-Executive Director Relationship. Who Cares about Public Interests? A Case-Based Analysis of the Role of Boards in Dutch Semipublic Organizations. Defining Hybridity and Hybrid Contingencies in Public Organizations: An Alternative Conceptual Model. Political Pressures: Too Large, Too Small, or Just Right?. An Anatomy of Governance Failures in Municipal Bankruptcy. Leadership in Local Government Organizations in Lithuania and Germany. Participatory Governance in the Networks of Stakeholders: Expression of Collective Identity. Governance Learning: Building a Network around Managerial Innovations. About the Authors. Copyright page. Contingency, Behavioural and Evolutionary Perspectives on Public and Non-profit Governance. List of Contributors. Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance. Contingency, Behavioural and Evolutionary Perspectives on Public and Nonprofit Governance. Introduction.
