Motivation, commitment, and intentions of volunteers at a large canadian sporting event

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 523-556

  MacLean, Joanne ^a   Hamm, Shannon ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commitment; Intentions; Motivation; Sporting events; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950812299     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2007.9651394     Document Type: Article

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