The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity

This study examines the impact of board composition on nonprofit organizational performance by using the data collected from UK charities, aiming to provide evidence on the relationship between specific characteristics of board composition and nonprofit organizational efficiency. Specifically, board...

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Main Author: Li, Xiaoran
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53946/
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description This study examines the impact of board composition on nonprofit organizational performance by using the data collected from UK charities, aiming to provide evidence on the relationship between specific characteristics of board composition and nonprofit organizational efficiency. Specifically, board size, existence of audit committees, gender diversity and educational level diversity are used as factors to affect performance of UK charity. Agency theory, resource dependency theory and group/decision process theory are employed as theoretical framework to explain the rationale of such association and contribute to the recognition and understanding of the effect of board composition on nonprofit organizational performance. Fundraising expense ratio and program expense ratio are employed as proxies to nonprofit organizational efficiency. Results show that certain characteristics of board composition are statistically significantly related to UK charity performance.
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spelling nottingham-539462022-04-07T14:43:12Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53946/ The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity Li, Xiaoran This study examines the impact of board composition on nonprofit organizational performance by using the data collected from UK charities, aiming to provide evidence on the relationship between specific characteristics of board composition and nonprofit organizational efficiency. Specifically, board size, existence of audit committees, gender diversity and educational level diversity are used as factors to affect performance of UK charity. Agency theory, resource dependency theory and group/decision process theory are employed as theoretical framework to explain the rationale of such association and contribute to the recognition and understanding of the effect of board composition on nonprofit organizational performance. Fundraising expense ratio and program expense ratio are employed as proxies to nonprofit organizational efficiency. Results show that certain characteristics of board composition are statistically significantly related to UK charity performance. 2018-09-10 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53946/1/Xiaoran%20Li%20dissertation.docx Li, Xiaoran (2018) The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] Board composition UK charity performance agency theory resource dependency theory group/decision process theory
spellingShingle Board composition
UK charity performance
agency theory
resource dependency theory
group/decision process theory
Li, Xiaoran
The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity
title The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity
title_full The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity
title_fullStr The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity
title_short The relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of UK charity
title_sort relationship between board composition and nonprofit organizational performance, the case of uk charity
topic Board composition
UK charity performance
agency theory
resource dependency theory
group/decision process theory
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/53946/