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Boards are central elements of organizational structures, and their roles and functions, structure, and dynamics are essential elements of the governance of civil society organizations. Good governance is widely viewed as a crucial factor for organizational performance. Therefore, the notion of governance calls for some clarification, since it is often unclear and undifferentiated from other aspects of strategic leadership, especially in civil society organizations where governance is frequently confused with administration or management in the regulatory frameworks of several countries. The term “governance” is associated with two different meanings: one that relates to the definition of who has final responsibility and is legally authorized to make key decisions and to clarify rights and duties (Faber 2017), and another that focuses on the distribution of actual power to make the organization’s fundamental decisions (Knoke 1990). Boards are the bodies that have final...

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  1. School of Business, Universidad de San Andres, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Gabriel Berger

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Berger, G. (2023). Boards. In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_131-1

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