Navigating Theories of Volunteering: A Hybrid Map for a Complex Phenomenon

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 410-434

  Hustinx, Lesley ^a   Cnaan, Ram A ^b   Handy, Femida ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 78649440752     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: 14685914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2010.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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