Recruitment strategies for encouraging participation in corporate volunteer programs

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 371-386

  Peterson, Dane K ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate volunteer programs; Employee age differences; Recruitment strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043092766     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000020872.10513.f2     Document Type: Article

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