Assessing the value of volunteer activity

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-17

  Brown, Eleanor ^a  

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EID: 0033421852     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764099281001     Document Type: Article

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