Tailoring organizational characteristics for empowerment: Accommodating individual economic resources

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 41-59

  Peterson, N Andrew ^a   Hughey, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community organization; Empowerment; Organizational characteristics; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937387425     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v10n03_03     Document Type: Article

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