Title

Behavioural Orientations Of Non-Profit Boards As A Factor In Entrepreneurial Performance: Does Governance Matter?

Abstract

Relatively little is understood about factors triggering entrepreneurial behaviour within organizations not driven by profit motives. Governance plays an important role in non-profits, particularly boards of directors. Integrating resource-based theory and entrepreneurial orientation research, we examine the influence of non-profit boards as strategic resources shaping the organization's entrepreneurial orientation and performance. In particular, we focus on the non-profit board's underlying behavioural orientations, or the extent to which the board is strategic, activist, conservative, and cohesive. Findings from a cross-sectional survey on arts and culture organizations demonstrate that three of these behavioural orientations impact levels of entrepreneurship occurring within non-profits. Higher levels of entrepreneurship affect social performance, but not financial performance. © 2010 The Authors. Journal of Management Studies © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and Society for the Advancement of Management Studies.

Publication Date

6-1-2011

Publication Title

Journal of Management Studies

Volume

48

Issue

4

Number of Pages

829-856

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00956.x

Socpus ID

79955387664 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79955387664

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