Changing the focus on volunteering: An investigation of volunteers' multiple contributions to a charitable organization

Journal of Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 191-211

  Farmer, Steven M ^a   Fedor, Donald B ^b  

^a W Frank Barton Sch Bus W   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0041905544     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2063(00)00095-7     Document Type: Article

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