@article{ccde3b8bd540498f9883046d26796780,
title = "Agency Theory in the Not-for-Profit Sector: Its Role at Independent Colleges",
author = "Olson, {David E.}",
note = "Agency theory has long been studied in the corporate setting and used to explain performance in management and in boards of directors. However, little has been done to extend this research into the area of not-for-profits. Using data collected from member institutions of the Council of Independent Colleges, relationships between boards of trustees and presidential demography and institutional performance were examined.",
year = "2000",
month = jun,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0899764000292004",
language = "American English",
volume = "29",
journal = "Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly",
number = "2",
}