On September 23, 2021, Fanny Dethier will publicly defend her thesis entitled:

"Capturing transparency in a nonprofit setting: What, how, and why?"

To register to the defense please contact: fanny.dethier@uliege.be

Jury members 

• Prof. Sybille Mertens de Wilmars (HEC Liège - University of Liège, President)
• Emeritus Prof. Jacques Defourny (HEC Liège - University of Liège, Supervisor)
• Prof. Cécile Delcourt (HEC Liège - University of Liège, Co-Supervisor)
• Prof. Axel Gautier (HEC Liège - University of Liège)
• Prof. Marc Jegers (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
• Emeritus Prof. Dennis Young (Georgia State University, USA)
• Prof. Jurgen Willems (Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)

Summary

Among the different types of organizations—for-profit, public and nonprofit, nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are particularly dealing with increasing pressure to demonstrate transparency. However, the distinctive features of NPOs’ transparency and their interaction with stakeholders’ perceptions are still subject to debate. Accordingly, this dissertation aims to capture transparency in a nonprofit setting by relying on four studies. Each study builds a theoretical framework and, when suitable, presents empirical assessments of aspects of the issue under consideration.

Although the contributions of this thesis are particularly relevant for the nonprofit sector, this dissertation is insightful for any organization. Thus, thanks to its theoretical and practical contributions, the present thesis promotes, on the one hand, the strengthening of organizational transparency at the implementation and perception levels and, on the other hand, the set-up of a transparent informational environment.