Identity and Volunteering Intertwined: Reflections on the Values of Young Adults

Voluntas

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 852-874

  Grönlund, Henrietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Identity; Life course; Values; Volunteering; Young adults

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 80155135597     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-011-9184-6     Document Type: Article

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