Hourly payment and volunteering: The effect of organizational practices on decisions about time use

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 783-798

  DeVoe, Sanford E ^a   Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548722646     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.26279171     Document Type: Article

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