This article reports the findings into patterns of governance on nonprofit boards in Australia. The research surveys 118 boards, upon which serve a total of 1405 directors.The findings indicate that nonprofit boards can mimic some aspects of a shareholder approach to governance. But nonprofit...

The purpose of this paper is to trace the development of economic theory to the point where "economic rationalism" is a commonly used term. The paper draws on earlier research and published works examining: the history of economics; economic rationalism; and the different influences in...

The application and performance of Internet Commerce (IC) strategy has become a critical success factor in an industry characterised by volatile change and transformational upheaval. This article presents research examining how IC has been applied in Australian electricity utilities from a...

This paper discusses the implications of intellectual capital (IC) for public institutions. The source of the discussion derives from a research project undertaken in a major Australian non-profit organization between 2001-2002. The project undertook a stakeholder analysis to identify the...

This research examines the role and contribution of the Non Executive Director(NED) within the corporate board. The literature identifies the NED as a boundaryspanner. Boundary spanners are believed to be essential to the fulfilment of thefirm's corporate responsibility mandate. The research...

This thesis explores the impact of the use of Internet applications, provided by theHuman Resource (HR) ftinction as an internal supplier, on its internal customers'satisfaction at the managerial level with the HR function, using role theory to underpinthe research. From a review of the...

Purpose - This paper aims to offer a dynamic theory of leadership development.Design/methodology/approach - The paper examines selected leadership literaturethrough the lens of theory building-blocks. It identifies the role of the idealgoal in leadership and its importance in developing the...