Explaining responses to volunteering: An ecological model

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-255

  Kulik, Liat ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burnout in volunteering; Ecological model; Satisfaction with volunteer activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248204593     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006295994     Document Type: Article

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