Engaged or Connected? A Perspective of the Motivational Pathway of the Job Demands-Resources Model in Volunteers Working for Nonprofit Organizations

Voluntas

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 870-898

  Huynh, Jasmine Yan ^a   Metzer, Jacques C ^a   Winefield, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectedness; Job demands resources model; Volunteers; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; MODELING;

EID: 84867368415     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-011-9233-1     Document Type: Article

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