The relationship between confidence in charitable organizations and volunteering revisited

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 884-897

  Bekkers, René ^a,b   Bowman, Woods ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Confidence; Trust; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350056339     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008324516     Document Type: Article

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