In the literature of civil society organizations (CSOs), concept of “governance” has two broad research
fields: one focuses on “external governance” and seeks to identify how CSOs are contributing to make
the state mechanisms accountable, while the second one deals with “internal” governance of the CSOs
and focuses more on the role of the board in achieving the internal governance. Following the research
question: what internal and external factors influence the internal governance of CSOs? this crosssectional
survey study of 54 CSOs from Thailand identifies the determinant internal and external
enabling factors of good organizational governance practices. The multiple logistic regression showed
that the size of the board (OR=31.46, CI: 2.16-458.3), CSOs’ engagement with the government (OR=0.05,
CI: 0.03-0.87) and the organizations’ perception on whether the current legislation is clear or not
(OR=198.58, CI: 2.09 – 18855) are the factors that influence the internal governance of the civil society
organizations in Thailand.