Potential and promise of online volunteering

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-562

  Amichai Hamburger, Yair ^a  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Internet; Online Volunteering; Pro social behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WEB SERVICES;

GROUP SUBDIVISION; ONLINE VOLUNTEERING; PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 38149094336     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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