Stewardship Revisited: Secular and Sacred Views of Governance and Management

Jeavons, Thomas H.

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“…Jeavons (1994) notes that education, the arts, health care, and many other activities now commonly conducted by government and non-profit organizations were originally within the jurisdiction of religious institutions. Accordingly, our earliest Western ideas on stewardship have sacred origins.…”

Section: Stewardshipmentioning

confidence: 98%

Public accountability: a new paradigm for college and university annual reports

Coy

Fischer

Gordon

2001

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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Section: Stewardshipmentioning

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Public accountability: a new paradigm for college and university annual reports

Coy

Fischer

Gordon

2001

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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“…A wide range of theoretical perspectives have been advanced to explain, understand, and model the challenges of governance-and especially board-management relations-in civil society organizations (Ostrower and Stone 2006), including: agency theory (e.g., Harris 1989;Jegers 2009;Miller 2002;Olson 2000); stewardship theory (Alexander and Weiner 1998;Jeavons 1994); contingency theory (Bradshaw 2009;Ostrower and Stone 2010); or a combination of agency, resource dependency, and institutional theory (Miller-Millesen 2003). Individually, however, each theory offers only a partial view of CSO governance-at the expense of others (Cornforth 2004).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Balancing Control and Coaching in CSO Governance. A Paradox Perspective on Board Behavior

Kreutzer¹,

Jacobs

2011

Voluntas

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How can the internal governance of civil society organizations be conceptualized more adequately by accounting for the dual and simultaneous requirements of controlling and coaching in board behavior? Empirically, we seem to agree that effective governance of a civil society organization is crucial to its sustained viability. Conceptually, however, we observe a lack of consensus on how to best understand CSO governance. By critically juxtaposing two major theoretical lenses to conceptualize governance, namely, agency and stewardship theory, we identify a number of challenges when dealing with board-management relations that deserve our attention. While agency theory privileges controlling behavior, stewardship theory emphasizes the coaching behavior of boards. The purpose of this article is to offer a concept of governance that is informed by a paradox perspective advancing a subtler, more adequate conceptualization of board governance that accounts for these often conflicting demands on CSO governance. Drawing on illustrations from a longitudinal interpretive case study, we exemplify our propositions empirically. The article concludes with discussing the implications of our argument for CSO governance research and practice.Résumé Comment la gouvernance interne des organisations de la société civile peut-elle être conceptualisée de manière plus adéquate par la prise en compte des exigences simultanées et doubles de contrôle et d'encadrement quant à l'intervention du conseil d'administration ? Il semble que de manière empirique, nous convenions qu'une gouvernance efficace d'une organisation de la société civile est cruciale pour sa viabilité durable. Cependant, d'un point de vue conceptuel, nous observons une absence de consensus sur la meilleure compréhension qui soit de la gouvernance d'une OSC. Grâce à la juxtaposition critique de deux approches théoriques majeures afin de conceptualiser la gouvernance, à savoir les théories de l'agence et de l'intendance, nous identifions un certain nombre de difficultés dans le cadre du traitement des relations conseil d'administration-direction qui nous inté-ressent. Alors que la théorie de l'agence privilégie une conduite de contrôle, la théorie de l'intendance met l'accent sur la conduite d'encadrement des conseils d'administration. L'objet de cet article est de proposer un concept de gouvernance élaboré à partir d'une approche paradoxale énonçant une conceptualisation plus subtile et adéquate de la gouvernance du conseil d'administration et justifiant ces exigences souvent conflictuelles de la gouvernance d'une OSC. Nous fondant sur des exemples issus d'une étude de cas d'interprétation longitudinale, nous illustrons nos propositions de manière empirique. L'article se conclut par une discussion sur les implications de notre argument pour la recherche et la pratique de la gouvernance d'une OSC.Zusammenfassung Wie kann die interne Leitung von Bürgergesellschaften unter Berücksichtigung der Kontrolle und des Coachings im Vorstandsverhalten, beides gleichermaßen wichtige Anfo...

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“…Faith communities saw their role in supporting or guiding FBOs they sponsored not simply as providing board members, funding, volunteers or other resources, but offering guidance and oversight to ensure that the organization reflected its religious base. FBOs and faith communities understood themselves as stewards of their FBOs, defining stewardship as overall administration and guidance for non-profits by the founding or supporting faith community [73]. Study results reveal that support structures for religious-based non-profit activities come from the practical theology of their founding religion, leading to the development of systems of stewardship based on religious values and practices.…”

Section: Religious Social Support Systems and Their Potential Relatiomentioning

confidence: 86%

Envisioning Religiously Diverse Partnership Systems among Government, Faith Communities and FBOs

Schneider

2016

Religions

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Recent U.S. policy regarding faith-based organizations (FBO) envisions "partnerships with government" that include both financial and non-financial relationships. This paper explores the current nature of a three-way partnership among faith communities, FBOs and government, proposing ways that government could more effectively partner with faith communities and their organizations. I use data from the Faith and Organizations Project and earlier studies of refugee resettlement and social welfare supports. The paper combines research and policy literature with research findings to describe how faith communities organize social services, education, health, senior services and community development through their FBOs, differences among religions and denominations and current forms of partnerships with government. Conclusions provide policy suggestions for U.S. systems.

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Stewardship Revisited: Secular and Sacred Views of Governance and Management

Cited by 31 publications

References 6 publications

Public accountability: a new paradigm for college and university annual reports

Public accountability: a new paradigm for college and university annual reports

Balancing Control and Coaching in CSO Governance. A Paradox Perspective on Board Behavior

Envisioning Religiously Diverse Partnership Systems among Government, Faith Communities and FBOs

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