Employee experiences with volunteers: Assessment, description, antecedents, and outcomes

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 423-444

  Rogelberg, Steven G ^a   Allen, Joseph A ^a   Conway, James M ^b   Goh, Adrian ^a   Currie, Lamarra ^a   McFarland, Betsy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

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EID: 79956173574     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.20003     Document Type: Article

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