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Boards of directors in nonprofit organizations do they follow a life‐cycle model?
Author(s) -
Dart Ray,
Bradshaw Pat,
Murray Vic,
Wolpin Jacob
Publication year - 1996
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.4130060406
Subject(s) - test (biology) , nonprofit organization , survey data collection , life cycle hypothesis , business , psychology , accounting , public relations , political science , economics , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , macroeconomics , biology
In this study the authors used data from a survey of Canadian nonprofit organizations to empirically test hypotheses derived from models of nonprofit board “life cycles.” The authors suggest that while formal structural elements of board behavior change in the manner suggested by life‐cycle models, the more enacted or behavioral aspects of nonprofit boards do not. The data further suggest caution in the use of life‐cycle or age‐dependent models to either explain or guide nonprofit board behavior.