The matching of motivations to affordances in the volunteer environment: An index for assessing the impact of multiple matches on volunteer outcomes

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-28

  Stukas, Arthur A ^a   Worth, Keilah A ^b   Clary, E Gil ^c   Snyder, Mark ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Organizational structure; Satisfaction; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149149802     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008314810     Document Type: Article

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