Volunteer management: An exploratory case study within the British Red Cross

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-367

  Waikayi, Loise ^a   Fearon, Colm ^a   Morris, Lynn ^a   Mclaughlin, Heather ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charities; Recruitment; United Kingdom; Volunteer management; Volunteer recruitment; Volunteer retention; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858385972     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211216188     Document Type: Article

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