The Volunteer Satisfaction Index: A Validation Study in the Chinese Cultural Context

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-32

  Wong, Lok Ping ^a   Chui, Wing Hong ^a   Kwok, Yan Yuen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Scale validation; Volunteer motivation; Volunteer satisfaction

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 80052272385     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9715-3     Document Type: Article

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