The Expansion of “Charitable Choice” and “Faith-Based Initiatives”: Human Resource Management Implications for Nonprofit Organizations

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-168

  Gossett, Charles W ^a   Pynes, Joan E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

charitable choice; Civil Rights Act of 1964; faith based initiative; First Amendment; human resource management; nonprofit organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248062082     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X03023002005     Document Type: Article

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