PROFILING: A STRATEGY FOR SUCCESSFUL VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT IN CREDIT UNIONS

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-391

  Ward, Anne Marie ^a,b   McKillop, Donal G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

credit unions; dominant status; recruitment; succession; volunteer resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051983121     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2010.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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