Working for Nothing and Being Happy. The Determinants of the Satisfaction of Volunteers and Paid Workers

AIEL Series in Labour Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 81-95

  Michelutti, Miriam ^a   Schenkel, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

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EID: 84885127553     PISSN: 1863916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2137-6_6     Document Type: Article

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