I quit, therefore i am?: Volunteer turnover and the politics of self-actualization

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 236-255

  Hustinx, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Individualization; Motivation; Volunteer management; Volunteer turnover; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749299010     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008328183     Document Type: Article

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