Influences of Resources and Subjective Dispositions on Formal and Informal Volunteering

Voluntas

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1022-1040

  Mitani, Haruyo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Empathy; Religious mind; Resources; Subjective dispositions; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; CIVIL SOCIETY; RELIGION; RESOURCE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84904460642     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-013-9384-3     Document Type: Article

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