An Empirical Study of Governance Challenges: Lesson Learnt from Australian Islamic Charitable Institution

Abstract

This study aims to examine the governance challenges faced by Islamic charitable institutions. A case study approach has been adopted in this study where the data were collected via semi-structured interviews and documents. The interviews were conducted among board members and executive management of the selected Islamic charity. The data were then analysed using ATLAS.TI program. The findings of the study show that there are three main themes developed such as unclear job description, absence of member requirement and scarcity of human resources. Finally, the results of this study can be a guideline to the Islamic charitable institutions to improve in terms of governance practices in the future.