Do poverty attitudes of social service agency directors influence organizational behavior?

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-332

  Reingold, David A ^a,b   Liu, Helen K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Public and Environmental Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonprofit organizations; Poverty attitudes; Social services

Indexed keywords

EID: 62249084793     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008316967     Document Type: Article

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