Public service motivation in undergraduate giving and: Volunteering decisions

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 675-698

  Clerkin, Richard M ^a   Paynter, Sharon R ^b   Taylor, Jami Kathleen ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity; Donating; Public service motivation; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350521531     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074008327512     Document Type: Article

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