Charities: How important is performance to donors?

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-22

  Van Iwaarden, Jos ^a   Van Der Wiele, Ton ^a   Williams, Roger ^b   Moxham, Claire ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charitable donations; Charities; Individual behaviour; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249095332     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710910924143     Document Type: Article

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