Employer-supported volunteering benefits: Gift exchange among employers, employees, and volunteer organizations

Human Resource Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-249

  Booth, Jonathan E ^a,b   Park, Kyoung Won ^a,c,d   Glomb, Theresa M ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation and benefits; Employer supported volunteer programs; Employer supported volunteering; Human capital; Nonprofit; Socioeconomic achievement; Strategic HR; Training and development; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650529519     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20277     Document Type: Article

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