A Benefit-And-Cost approach to understanding social participation and volunteerism in multilevel organizations

Processes of Community Change and Social Action

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 105-126

  Chinman, Matthew J ^a   Wandersman, Abraham ^b   Goodman, Robert M ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84925819420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612984     Document Type: Chapter

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