Who volunteers in psychology experiments? An empirical review of prosocial motivation in volunteering

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-284

  Van Lange, Paul A M ^a   Schippers, Michaéla ^b   Balliet, Daniel ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Human cooperation; Prosocial behavior; Sampling; Social value orientation; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651421419     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.038     Document Type: Article

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