Confidence in charitable institutions and volunteering

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-270

  Bowman, Woods ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Asymmetric information; Confidence; Recruitment; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442507116     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764004263420     Document Type: Article

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