The stingy hour: How accounting for time affects volunteering

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 470-483

  DeVoe, Sanford E ^a   Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Billable hours; Money; Self determination theory; Time; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 77950319040     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167209359699     Document Type: Article

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