Need Satisfaction Mechanism Linking Volunteer Motivation and Life Satisfaction: A Mediation Study of Volunteers Subjective Well-Being

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1315-1329

  Kwok, Yan Yuen ^a   Chui, Wing Hong ^a   Wong, Lok Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong Chinese; Life satisfaction; Mediation model; Motivation; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TESTING METHOD; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84886753205     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0204-8     Document Type: Article

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