An examination of volunteer motivation in credit unions: Informing volunteer resource management

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-275

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altruism; Credit unions; Motivation; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052004290     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2011.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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