A psychological contract perspective to the link between non-profit organizations' management practices and volunteer sustainability

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-336

  Stirling, Christine ^a   Kilpatrick, Sue ^b   Orpin, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health; Non profit; Organizations; Rural; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864946486     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678868.2011.585066     Document Type: Article

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