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Board Activities, Involvement, and Public Transit Performance

Isaiah O. Ugboro

North Carolina A&T State University

Kofi Obeng

North Carolina A&T State University

The objective of this article is to determine the relationships between board members' involvement in prescribed activities of boards of directors and the performance of public transit systems. It analyzes the degree to which board members are involved in prescribed activities of boards of directors as an indication of their effectiveness using self-rated survey responses. Then, it identifies public transit organizational performance measures from Section 15 sources and determines their relationships with board performance. One significant finding is that involvement in board educational activities may enable the board to pressure the transit systems they oversee to operate their existing fleets more efficiently to reduce cost per vehicle hour. Similarly, involvement in strategic activities could make boards put pressure on transit systems to be cost effective.

Key Words: publictransitboards;boardactivities;organizationalperformance • public sector organizations • board effectiveness

Administration & Society, Vol. 41, No. 2, 235-257 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0095399708328873
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