Relationship quality and giving behaviour in the UK fundraising sector: Exploring the antecedent roles of religiosity and self-construal

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 720-738

  Skarmeas, Dionysis ^a   Shabbir, Haseeb A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charitable donations; Fundraising; Non profit organizations; Religion; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955599217     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090561111120000     Document Type: Article

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