Nonprofit Board Accountability: A Literature Review and Critique [PDF]
, 2005 Accountability is a buzzword in today’s nonprofit society. The press is full of stories detailing the sordid affairs of nonprofit organizations that have betrayed the confidence and trust of the public.
Doyle, Lynne M
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Annual Reports to the ESA Council ESA 110th Annual Meeting July, 2025
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
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Growing Demand and Uneven Supply: Eight Years of Nature Education in China 需求增长与供给不均:中国自然教育八年发展回顾
Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the role of nature education in advancing conservation and sustainability in China between 2014 and 2023. Drawing on national survey reports and historical–comparative methods, it analyses the dynamics of public demand, institutional supply, and practitioner capacity.
Qi Yunxi, Lyu Xiang, Huang Yu
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Rogue NGOs and NPOs: content, context, consequences [PDF]
This paper explores the key components of dysfunctional, criminal and deviant behaviours within and by associational and not-for-profit organisations, and their consequences in terms of practice, application and policy.
Sharon Eng
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Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Nonprofits [PDF]
, 2008 Shares three approaches to planning for new leadership -- ongoing leadership development, planning for emergencies, and planning for a departure announced well in advance.
Tim Wolfred
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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
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Entrepreneurial Community Development - Exploring Earned Income Activities and Strategic Alliances for Community Development Nonprofits [PDF]
, 2001 This paper examines social entrepreneurship from a community-development perspective. The target audience is community-development nonprofit organizations.
Ellen Stiefvater
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Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) positions adolescents as co‐researchers to investigate and address social issues affecting their lives. While YPAR has gained global prominence, comparative research examining how it is conceptualized and practiced across regional contexts remains limited.
John Diaz +5 more
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Volunteer Management Practices During Challenging Economic Times [PDF]
, 2015 Nonprofit organizations rely upon volunteers to facilitate their missions of meeting critical community needs. Since 2006, on average, 61.9 million Americans or 26.4 percent of the adult population volunteered every year through organizations delivering ...
Knepper, Hillary J., PhD
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The situational Samaritan: How group reputation threat shapes reparatory behavior
Journal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Consumers often act to correct the wrongdoings of people close to them, such as family members or friends. The current research demonstrates that consumers may also engage in a variety of reparatory behaviors—from a simple apology to gift‐giving and tipping—to counter the misdeeds of in‐group strangers when their behavior threatens the ...
Julia Von Schuckmann +3 more
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