Title

Funding Source, Board Involvement Techniques, And Financial Vulnerability In Nonprofit Organizations: A Test Of Resource Dependence

Abstract

The study examined here tested a resource dependence view of the organization on a sample of nonprofit social service agencies. Results indicated that CEOs of privately funded nonprofit agencies were more likely to use board involvement techniques than CEOs of government-funded or commercially supported organizations. In addition, privately funded agencies were less vulnerable to economic shock than government or commercially funded agencies, and funding source explained incremental variance in board involvement and vulnerability beyond characteristics of the organization and board. These results provide support for assertions of resource dependence theory and suggest that a CEO's strategic engagement with an organization's board depends in part on the nature and concentration of the organization's resources. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Publication Title

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volume

16

Issue

2

Number of Pages

171-190

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/nml.99

Socpus ID

84923445584 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84923445584

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