Company support for employee volunteerism: Does size matter?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-66

  Basil, Debra ^a   Runte, Mary ^a   Basil, Michael ^a   Usher, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Company supported volunteerism; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate volunteerism; Nonprofits; Organizational ecology; Organizational stages theory; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449236818     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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