Does public service motivation matter in volunteering domain choices? a test of functional theory

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-66

  Coursey, David ^a   Brudney, Jeffrey L ^b   Littlepage, Laura ^c   Perry, James L ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

functional theory; public service motivation; religious volunteering; volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551572826     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X10394405     Document Type: Article

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