It ain't natural: Toward a new (natural) resource Conceptualization for volunteer management

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 564-581

  Brudney, Jeffrey L ^a   Meijs, Lucas C P M ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commons; Natural resource; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949164562     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009333828     Document Type: Article

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