The role of dispositional, organizational and situational variables in volunteering

Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Craig Lees, Margaret ^a   Harris, Jennifer ^b   Lau, Wilson ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Organizational variables; Prosocial disposition; Situational impediments; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449138013     PISSN: 10495142     EISSN: 15406997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J054v19n02_01     Document Type: Article

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