Premium
Toward an Understanding of Founder's Syndrome: An Assessment of Power and Privilege Among Founders of Nonprofit Organizations
Author(s) -
Block Stephen R.,
Rosenberg Steven
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.12403
Subject(s) - privilege (computing) , stewardship (theology) , power (physics) , antithesis , subject (documents) , stewardship theory , corporate governance , service (business) , class (philosophy) , sociology , political science , law , business , politics , management , economics , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , physics , principal–agent problem , quantum mechanics , marketing , library science
On the subject of stewardship, Block (1996, p. 47) writes, “Stewardship not only affects the use of power, but it also confronts the way we hold privilege.” He also states, “Holding on to privilege is an act of self‐interest, the antithesis of service and stewardship.” As Block uses it, the term privilege denotes a class structure within governance settings, and self‐interest refers to using one's power (through the exercise of privilege) to ascertain an objective that may not be in accord with others'.