Governance Challenges for Not-for-Profit Organisations: Empirical Evidence in Support of A Contingency Approach

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dc.contributor.author	Clarke, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9719-9647	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chelliah, J https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2351-3784	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Klettner, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2838-9383	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Boersma, M https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9789-1046	en_US
dc.date	2014-12-01	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	28 th ANZAM Conference 2014, 2014, pp. 1 - 11	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-9875968-4-0	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37642
dc.description.abstract	ABSTRACT: This article presents evidence of the governance challenges faced by Australian not-for-profit (NFP) organisations. We find a key challenge for NFPs is recruiting individuals with appropriate skills, as directors are volunteers often elected by the membership and frequently lack relevant experience. Another issue is balancing the needs of a diverse constituency with competing demands. We find that the often proposed solution to this challenge – stakeholder representation on boards – can further hinder the recruitment of suitable directors and create tensions detrimental to board effectiveness. We argue to shift focus away from normative governance models towards a contingency approach and posit a role for a national NFP sector regulator in assisting to develop appropriate governance systems according to contextual factors.	en_US
dc.publisher	ANZAM	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	28 th ANZAM Conference 2014	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference	en_US
dc.title	Governance Challenges for Not-for-Profit Organisations: Empirical Evidence in Support of A Contingency Approach	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Sydney	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Sydney	en_US
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utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1505 Marketing	en_US
dc.location.activity	Sydney
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
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pubs.finish-date	2014-12-05	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Sydney	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.start-date	2014-12-01	en_US

Abstract:

ABSTRACT: This article presents evidence of the governance challenges faced by Australian not-for-profit (NFP) organisations. We find a key challenge for NFPs is recruiting individuals with appropriate skills, as directors are volunteers often elected by the membership and frequently lack relevant experience. Another issue is balancing the needs of a diverse constituency with competing demands. We find that the often proposed solution to this challenge – stakeholder representation on boards – can further hinder the recruitment of suitable directors and create tensions detrimental to board effectiveness. We argue to shift focus away from normative governance models towards a contingency approach and posit a role for a national NFP sector regulator in assisting to develop appropriate governance systems according to contextual factors.

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