Sweet charity!Managing employee commitment in the UK voluntary sector

Employee Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 226-240

  Cunningham, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Employee relations; United Kingdom; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986165707     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450110392616     Document Type: Article

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