The economic value of volunteers to nonprofit organizations

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-506

  Bowman, Woods ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953325764     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.233     Document Type: Article

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