Toward a better understanding of volunteering for nonprofit organizations: Explaining volunteers' pro-social attitudes

Journal of Macromarketing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-76

  Briggs, Elten ^a   Peterson, Mark ^b   Gregory, Gary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral Reasoning Theory; Me oriented; Other oriented; Pro social attitudes; Self oriented; Values; Volunteer; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649301154     PISSN: 02761467     EISSN: 15526534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0276146709352220     Document Type: Article

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