Faith-based assumptions about performance: Does church affiliation matter for service quality and access?

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 490-521

  Amirkhanyan, Anna A ^a   Kim, Hyun Joon ^b   Lambright, Kristina T ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faith based organization; Long term care; Nursing home; Performance; Service access; Service quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149101883     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008320031     Document Type: Article

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