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
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
79955387664 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79955387664
STARS Citation
Coombes, Susan M.T.; Morris, Michael H.; Allen, Jeffrey A.; and Webb, Justin W., "Behavioural Orientations Of Non-Profit Boards As A Factor In Entrepreneurial Performance: Does Governance Matter?" (2011). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 2440.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/2440