Belonging at the zoo: Retired volunteers, conservation activism and collective identity

Ageing and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-368

  Fraser, John ^a,b   Clayton, Susan ^c   Sickler, Jessica ^a,b   Taylor, Anthony ^a,d  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Institute for Learning Innovation   (United States)

^c 931 College Mall   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective identity; Conservation psychology; Environmental identity; Retirees; Volunteers; Zoos

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; CONSERVATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RETIREMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; ZOO;

EID: 67749086028     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X08007915     Document Type: Article

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