Factors influencing the motivation of Turkey's community volunteers

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 643-661

  Boz, Ismet ^a   Palaz, Serap ^b  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Community volunteers; Motivation; Turkey; Voluntary sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049028301     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006298364     Document Type: Article

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