1996/06/01 by Robert D. Herman, David O. Renz, Richard D. Heimovics
Nursing · Social Sciences · #Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering #Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership #Public Policy and Administration Research
paper · doi:10.1002/nml.4130070404
openalex publication_date 1996/06/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Abstract This study of sixty‐four locally governed nonprofit charitable organizations used a social constructionist perspective to investigate the relationship between the extent to which nonprofit boards use prescribed board practices and stakeholder judgments of the effectiveness of those boards. A social constructionist perspective implies that different stakeholders use and evaluate different kinds of information in making judgments about board effectiveness. The results suggest that there is wide variation in the use of the prescribed board practices, that judgments of board effectiveness often differ substantially, and that chief executives' judgments of the effectiveness of their boards is moderately related to the extent of use of recommended board practices.