Replication Studies in Nonprofit Research: A Generalization and Extension of Findings Regarding the Media Publicity of Nonprofit Organizations

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-385

  Helmig, Bernd ^a   Spraul, Katharina ^a   Tremp, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

nonprofit organizations; publicity; replication; research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861832783     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764011404081     Document Type: Article

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