Psychological sense of community: Conceptual issues and connections to Volunteerism-Related activism

Processes of Community Change and Social Action

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 83-104

  Omoto, Allen M ^a   Maisch, Anna M ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34547185833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612984     Document Type: Chapter

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