Meaningful work? Nonprofit marketization and work/ life imbalance in popular autobiographies of social entrepreneurship

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-459

  Dempsey, Sarah E ^a   Sanders, Matthew L ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiography; Marketization; Meaningful work; Nonprofit sector; Popular culture; Social entrepreneurship; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953990499     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410364198     Document Type: Article

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