The effect of gender on the motivation of members of generation Y college students to volunteer

Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-118

  Burns, David J ^a   Reid, Jane ^b   Toncar, Mark ^b   Anderson, Cynthia ^b   Wells, Cassandra ^c  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Gender; Motivation; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449122488     PISSN: 10495142     EISSN: 15406997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J054v19n01_05     Document Type: Article

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