Ethnicity, acculturation, and volunteering to organizations: A comparison of African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and Whites

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 929-955

  Sundeen, Richard A ^a   Garcia, Cristina ^a   Raskoff, Sally A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Ethnicity; Formal volunteering; Volunteer

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449592000     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008322779     Document Type: Article

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