A grounded theory for building ethnically bridging social capital in voluntary organizations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-55

  Weisinger, Judith Y ^a   Salipante, Paul F ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Girl Scouts; Grounded theory; Social capital; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544268098     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764004270069     Document Type: Article

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