Volunteer tourism: The interests and motivations of grey nomads

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 315-332

  Leonard, Rosemary ^a   Onyx, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community volunteering; Grey nomads; Self determination theory; Volunteer motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862006913     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2009.9686827     Document Type: Article

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