Dispositional and Structural Determinants of Volunteerism

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 525-537

  Penner, Louis A ^a   Finkelstein, Marcia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032331106     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.74.2.525     Document Type: Article

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