The determinants of purposeful voluntarism

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-79

  Lipford, Jody W ^a   Yandle, Bruce ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogeneity; Social capital; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749119198     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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