A religious motivation to volunteer? Exploring the linkage between volunteering and religious values

Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 3-17

  Wymer, Walter W ^a  

^a CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 12944314117     PISSN: 10495142     EISSN: 15406997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J054v05n03_02     Document Type: Article

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