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This article presents an empirical study of the relationships between implementation of thepolicy governance model in nonprofit organizations, board performance, and organizational effectiveness.An implementation measure of the policy governance model was created to investigate these relationships.Data were gathered from three samples: organizations that have implemented policy governance, a matched sample of randomly selected nonprofit organizations, and nonprofit organizations that had received board development from the National Center for Nonprofit Boards.Analysis yielded several positive, significant relationships between the extent of implementation of policy governance board behaviors, perceptions of improvement in board performance following implementation of policy governance, and some aspects of organizational effectiveness.

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Testing the Implementation,Board Performance,and Organizational Effectiveness of the Policy Governance Model in Nonprofit Boards of Directors

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