Commitment with or without a stick of paid work: Comparison of paid and unpaid workers in a nonprofit organization

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-326

  van Vuuren, Mark ^a   de Jong, Menno ^a   Seydel, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Life span; Non profit; Organizational commitment; Person organization fit; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 48949116247     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594320701693175     Document Type: Article

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