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COULE, Tracey (2013). Governance in non-profit organizations: accountability for compliance or legitimacy? In: British Academy of Management Conference, Liverpool, 10-12 September 2013. (In Press)
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Abstract
Based on case study research, this paper offers a conceptualization of the relationship between governance and accountability in which issues of power, ideologies and the negotiation of social relations are integral features. Specifically, I argue that principal-agent governance assumptions, based on a central logic of unitarism, can drive narrow compliance-based interpretations of accountability. Such approaches can appear at odds with the values embedded in many non-profits social missions and service delivery in that they prioritize minorities of powerful stakeholders over sustained periods of time. Conversely, a pluralist logic can create space for broad accountability to multiple stakeholders. Organizational actors can view this expressive, or values-based accountability as a source of legitimacy, producing complex relationships that challenge the instrumental orientation to social relations principal-agent theories assume.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Sheffield Business School Research Institute > People, Work and Organisation |
| Depositing User: | Tracey Coule |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2013 14:57 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 19:45 |
| URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/6912 |
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