Motivation and satisfaction of event volunteers for a major youth organization

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 161-177

  Johnston, Margaret E ^a   Twynam, G David ^b   Farrell, Jocelyn M ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Special events; Volunteer motivation; Volunteer satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449163448     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.1999.9651263     Document Type: Article

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