A functional approach to volunteerism: Do volunteer motives predict task preference?

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-344

  Houle, Barbara J ^a   Sagarin, Brad J ^b   Kaplan, Martin F ^c  

^a Riverland Community College   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

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EID: 33144475953     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2704_6     Document Type: Article

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