Acting on our values: Do social workers volunteer?

Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-64

  Gibelman, Margaret ^a   Sweifach, Jay ^b  

^a Wurzweiler School of Social Work

^b YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Code of ethics; Financial contributions; Volunteer motivations; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349091308     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/53.1.53     Document Type: Article

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