Employment sector and volunteering: The contribution of nonprofit and public sector workers to the volunteer labor force

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-40

  Rotolo, Thomas ^a   Wilson, John ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644907484     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2006.00036.x     Document Type: Review

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