"A message on life to the young"-Perceiving a senior volunteer activity in Japan from an intergenerational perspective

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 5-22

  Thang, Leng Leng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cross cultural programs; Ethnographic case study; Intergenerational volunteers; Observational research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746828154     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J194v03n04_02     Document Type: Article

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