A cross-sector comparison of motivation-related concepts in for-profit and not-for-profit service organizations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 296-317

  de Cooman, Rein ^a   de Gieter, Sara ^a   Pepermans, Roland ^a   Jegers, Marc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

for profit organization; motivation; not for profit organization; service industry; values; work effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952932930     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009342897     Document Type: Article

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