Theories about the role of theory in nonprofit and philanthropic studies

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-713

  Donmoyer, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonprofit academic programs; Nonprofit research orientations; Research utilization; Role of theory; Theory use

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949152588     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009333687     Document Type: Article

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