Becoming (and remaining) a community volunteer: Does personality matter?

Processes of Community Change and Social Action

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 67-82

  Davis, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 40349097452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612984     Document Type: Chapter

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