Appreciating impact: Evaluating small voluntary organizations in the United Kingdom

Voluntas

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-141

  Reed, Jan ^a   Jones, Diana ^a   Irvine, Julie ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appreciative inquiry; Help the Aged; Organizational evaluation; United Kingdom; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22144468759     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-005-5694-4     Document Type: Article

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