How are employees of the nonprofit sector motivated? A research need

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-208

  Schepers, Catherine ^a   De Gieter, Sara ^a   Pepermans, Roland ^a   Du Bois, Cindy ^a   Caers, Ralf ^a   Jegers, Marc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 78049446095     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.100     Document Type: Article

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