Van Puyvelde, Stijn, Huybrechts, Gert, Willems, Jurgen, Jegers, Marc, Bidee, Jemima, Vantilborgh, Tim, Pepermans, Roland. 2015. Optimal membership size and the governance of grassroots associations. The Social Science Journal. 52 (2), 141-147.
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Abstract
This paper explores the link between membership size and the governance of grassroots associations. The issue of mission preference heterogeneity is highlighted and its effect on membership size is analyzed by developing a model and conducting a numerical simulation. An important finding is that the degree of heterogeneity of mission preferences in the potential member population has a negative effect on the optimal number of members of the grassroots association. The paper ends with a discussion of the use of governance mechanisms to limit mission drift.
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- NGOs
- heterogeneity
- members
- mission
Publication's profile
Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | External |
Type of publication | Journal article |
Journal | The Social Science Journal |
Citation Index | SSCI |
Language | English |
Title | Optimal membership size and the governance of grassroots associations |
Volume | 52 |
Number | 2 |
Year | 2015 |
Page from | 141 |
Page to | 147 |
Reviewed? | Y |
URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269318276_Optimal_membership_size_and_the_governance_of_grassroots_associations |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2014.11.002 |
Open Access | N |
Associations
- People
- Willems, Jurgen (Details)
- External
- Bidee, Jemima (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Huybrechts, Gert (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Jegers, Marc (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Pepermans, Roland (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Van Puyvelde, Stijn (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Vantilborgh, Tim (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Research areas (Ă–STAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 5234 Administrative science (Details)
- 5308 Management sciences (Details)
- 5363 Non-profit-sector research (NPO, NPI) (Details)
- 6906 Public research (Details)
- 6909 Cultural economics (Details)