Why do older adult volunteers stop volunteering?

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 859-878

  Tang, Fengyan ^a   Morrow Howell, Nancy ^b   Choi, Eunhee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

older adult volunteer; organisational facilitation; volunteer turnover

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957257721     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000140     Document Type: Article

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