A Comparative Research on Third Sector Governance in Asia (Part 2): Its Organizational Survey Protocol

Abstract

A comparative research work was undertaken on ‘Asia’s Third Sector: Governance for Accountability and Performance’ with the involvement of at least two dozen researchers in six participating countries (China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam). It resulted in a book comprising eleven comparative chapters, and six country chapters. A comprehensive guide was prepared for the research partners. This is a two-part discussion of the research methodology and its Guide. This (Part 2), explains the preparation, execution, and analyses of the organizational data collection protocol. The ‘protocol’ is added at the end. Any interested researcher may use it to create new knowledge about the governance of the third sector organizations in any other country independent of or to compare with the original analyses as available in the book (Comparative Third Sector Governance in Asia, Springer, 2008).

Keywords: Organisational survey, Governance, Third Sector, Asia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Questionnaire survey, NGO, NGO performance, NGO Accountability