Doing it their way: Organizational challenges for voluntary associations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-158

  Harris, Margaret ^a  

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EID: 0032397387     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764098272003     Document Type: Article

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