Toward a conceptual framework of employee volunteerism: an aid for the human resource manager

Management Decision

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 280-287

  Geroy, Gary D ^a   Wright, Philip C ^b   Jacoby, Laura ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Employee surveys; Human resource managers; Interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986065110     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740010326333     Document Type: Article

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