Building Capacity in Nonprofit Boards: Learning from Board Self-Assessments
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2381-3717
DOI: 10.20899/jpna.5.1.74-94