Volunteer motivation and demographic influences at a professional tennis event

Team Performance Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 172-184

  Pauline, Gina ^a   Pauline, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographics; Motivation (psychology); Sporting events; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149107572     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527590910964946     Document Type: Article

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