Volunteering an opinion: Organizational voice and volunteer retention in nonprofit organizations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 813-828

  Garner, Johny T ^a   Garner, Lindsey T ^b  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Many Mansions   (United States)

Author keywords

dissent in nonprofit organizations; motivation to volunteer; volunteer retention; volunteer satisfaction; volunteer voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052809446     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764010366181     Document Type: Article

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