Volunteering versus managerialism: Conflict over organizational identity in voluntary associations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 634-661

  Kreutzer, Karin ^a   Jäger, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

managerialism; organizational identity; voluntary associations; volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959597791     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764010369386     Document Type: Article

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