Environmental Philanthropy: Is It Similar to Other Types of Environmental Behavior?

Organization and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-130

  Greenspan, Itay ^a,c   Handy, Femida ^a   Katz Gerro, Tally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

donate; environmental NGOs; philanthropy; values; volunteer

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84862684141     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026612449339     Document Type: Article

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