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The governance self‐assessment checklist: An instrument for assessing board effectiveness
Author(s) -
Gill Mel,
Flynn Robert J.,
Reissing Elke
Publication year - 2005
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.69
Subject(s) - checklist , corporate governance , strengths and weaknesses , internal consistency , consistency (knowledge bases) , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , self assessment , field (mathematics) , accounting , public sector , public relations , business , political science , psychometrics , social psychology , computer science , clinical psychology , finance , cognitive psychology , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics , law
This article describes the development and validation of the Governance Self‐Assessment Checklist (GSAC). The GSAC was designed to assist boards of directors of nonprofit and public sector organizations to identify strengths and weaknesses in the governance of their organizations, educate board members about the essentials of good governance, and improve their governance practices. The instrument comprises 144 items organized into twelve subscales. The results of the study indicated that the subscales have excellent internal consistency reliability, exhibit good criterion‐related validity, and are able to discriminate between stronger and weaker aspects of board functioning. The relative strengths and weaknesses in board effectiveness were identified, and the implications of the findings for the assessment of board effectiveness and field applications of the GSAC were discussed.