Economic analysis of volunteers' motivations-A cross-country study

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 532-555

  Ziemek, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altruism; Nonprofit; Volunteer work; Volunteer's motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645767014     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.064     Document Type: Article

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