Gender differences in expectations predictive of volunteer experience among older Chinese professionals in Hong Kong

Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 47-64

  Mjelde Mossey, Lee Ann ^a,b   Chi, Iris ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Chinese; Gender; Volunteer; Volunteer expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247666628     PISSN: 15313204     EISSN: 15313212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J051v13n04_03     Document Type: Article

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